Expire

eks-pīr′, v.t. to breathe out: to emit or throw out from the lungs: to emit in minute particles.— v.i. to breathe out the breath of life: to die out (of fire): to die: to come to an end.— adj. Expī′rable , that may expire or come to an end.— ns. Expī′rant , one expiring; Expirā′tion , the act of breathing out: ( obs. ) death: end: that which is expired.— adj. Expī′ratory , pertaining to expiration, or the emi ion of the breath.— p.adj. Expī′ring , dying: pertaining to or uttered at the time of dying.— n. Expī′ry , the end or termination: expiration. [Fr. expirer —L. ex , out, spirāre , -ātum , to breathe.]