Dictionary entry

Expire (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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. “The ponderous ball expires.” Dryden.