Expire
1expiré — expiré, ée (èk spi ré, rée) part. passé. 1° Expulsé du poumon. De l air expiré. 2° Mort. • S il paraît quelque mieux dans l état du malade.... dès qu il est expiré, la douleur éclate par les cris et les sanglots, BOSSUET Pensées chrét. 38.… …
2Expire — 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… …
3Expire — Ex*pire , v. i. 1. To emit the breath. [1913 Webster] 2. To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony. [1913 Webster] 3. To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become… …
4expiré — ⇒EXPIRÉ, ÉE, part. passé et adj. I. Part. passé de expirer. II. Emploi adj. [Correspond à expirer B] A. [Le déterminé désigne un animé] Rare, littér. Qui a rendu son dernier soupir, qui a cessé d être. Mes amis expirés. Synon. décédé, mort; anton …
5expire — c.1400, to die, from M.Fr. expirer (12c.) expire, elapse, from L. expirare/exspirare breathe out, breathe one s last, die, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + spirare to breathe (see SPIRIT (Cf. spirit)) …
6expire — [v1] come to an end bite the dust*, buy it*, cash in chips*, cease, close, conclude, croak*, decease, depart, die, elapse, end, finish, go, kick the bucket*, lapse, pass, pass away, pass on, pass over, perish, quit, run out, stop, strike out*,… …
7expire — I verb animam edere, become void, cease, cease to be, close, come to a close, come to an end, conclude, decease, depart, die, die away, die out, disappear, discontinue, draw to a close, elapse, end, exspirare, fade away, finish, go, lapse, pass,… …
8expire — *pass, pass away, elapse Analogous words: end, terminate, *close: cease, discontinue (see STOP) Contrasted words: *begin, commence, start …
9expire — ► VERB 1) (of a document or agreement) come to the end of the period of validity. 2) (of a period of time) come to an end. 3) (of a person) die. 4) technical exhale (air) from the lungs. DERIVATIVES expiration noun expiratory adjective …
10expire — [ek spīr′, ikspīr′] vt. expired, expiring [ME expiren < L exspirare < ex , out + spirare, to breathe: see SPIRIT] 1. to breathe out (air from the lungs) 2. Obs. to give off (an odor, etc.) vi. 1. to breathe out air 2 …
