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.'' --Dryden.
Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of
inspiring and expiring air. --Harvey.
This chafed the boar; his nostrils flames expire.
--Dryden.
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. --Bacon.
3. To emit; to give out. [Obs.] --Dryden.
4. To bring to a close; to terminate. [Obs.]
Expire the term Of a despised life. --Shak.