(d) A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.
Before the expiration of thy time.
Shak. 2. That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
The aspirate "he," which is . . . a gentle expiration.
G. Sharp. Expiratory
(Ex*pir"a*to*ry) a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to, or employed in, the expiration or emission of air
from the lungs; as, the expiratory muscles.
Expire
(Ex*pire") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expired ; p. pr & vb. n. Expiring.] [L. expirare, exspirare, expiratum,
exspiratum; ex out + spirare to breathe: cf. F. expirer. See Spirit.]
1. To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; - -
opposed to inspire.
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. Expire
(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. [Obs.] "The ponderous ball expires." Dryden.
Expiring
(Ex*pir"ing) a.
1. Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating.
2. Pertaining to, or uttered at, the time of dying; as, expiring words; expiring groans.
