expire

Meaning

Verb

  • To die.
  • To lapse and become invalid.
  • To exhale; to breathe out.
  • To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.
  • To bring to a close; to terminate.

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Origin

  • Borrowed from Middle French expirer, from Latin exspiro, from ex- + spīrō

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