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(1):

(v. t.) To bring to a close; to terminate.

(2):

(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.

(3):

(v. i.) To burst forth; to fly out with a blast.

(4):

(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.

(5):

(v. t.) To emit; to give out.

(6):

(v. i.) To emit the breath.

(7):

(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.

(8):

(v. i.) To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Expire'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/expire.html. 1828.
 
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