Definition of Expire

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come to an end, finish, terminate; die
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(v. t.)
To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors.
  
(v. t.)
To emit; to give out.
  
(v. t.)
To bring to a close; to terminate.
  
(v. t.)
To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.
  
(v. i.)
To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.
  
(v. i.)
To emit the breath.
  
(v. i.)
To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct; as, the flame expired; his lease expires to-day; the month expired on Saturday.
  
(v. i.)
To burst forth; to fly out with a blast.
  
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expire
\ex*pire"\, v. i.
1. to emit the breath.
2. to emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.
3. to come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct; as, the flame expired; his lease expires to-day; the month expired on saturday.
4. to burst forth; to fly out with a blast. [obs.] "the ponderous ball expires."
expire
\ex*pire"\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. expired (?); p. pr & vb. n. expiring.] [l. expirare, exspirare, expiratum, exspiratum; ex out + spirare to breathe: cf. f. expirer. see spirit.] 1. to breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire. anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of inspiring and expiring air. arvey. this chafed the boar; his nostrils flames expire.
2. to give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors. the expiring of cold out of the inward parts of the earth in winter.
3. to emit; to give out. [obs.]
4. to bring to a close; to terminate. [obs.] expire the term of a despised life.
expire
v
1. lose validity; "my passports expired last month" [syn: run out ]


2. pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "she died from cancer"; "they children perished in the fire"; "the patient went peacefully" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, pass]
[ant: be born]

3. expel air; "exhale when you lift the weight" [syn: exhale, breathe out]
[ant: inhale]


JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Trengi = v. to end, to expire
WordNet 2.0

Verb
1. lose validity; "My passports expired last month"
(synonym) run out
(hypernym) discontinue
(derivation) termination, expiration, expiry
2. pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"
(synonym) die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, pass
(hypernym) change state, turn
(hyponym) suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate
(verb-group) die
(derivation) passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release
3. expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight"
(synonym) exhale, breathe out
(hypernym) breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire
(hyponym) snort
(derivation) exhalation, expiration, breathing out
Expire Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary
The time when the option contract ceases to exist (expires).
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Expire Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan
yausha (end); sa'le-esh-tor (med.)