expiring

Variant of expire

expire definition

ex·pire (ek spīr′, ik-)

transitive verb expired -·pired′, expiring -·pir′·ing

  1. to breathe out (air from the lungs)
  2. Obsolete to give off (an odor, etc.)

Etymology: ME expiren < L exspirare < ex-, out + spirare, to breathe: see spirit

intransitive verb

  1. to breathe out air
  2. to breathe one's last breath; die
  3. to come to an end; terminate; cease the lease expired

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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