Expirable(a.) That may expire; capable of being brought to an end.
Expirant(n.) One who expires or is expiring.
Expiration(n.) The act of expiring
Expiration(n.) The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; -- opposed to inspiration.
Expiration(n.) Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
Expiration(n.) The last emission of breath; death.
Expiration(n.) A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.
Expiration(n.) That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
Expire(v. i.) To emit the breath.
Expire(v. i.) To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.
Expire(v. i.) 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.
Expire(v. i.) To burst forth; to fly out with a blast.
Expire(v. t.) To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.
Expire(v. t.) 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.
Expire(v. t.) To emit; to give out.
Expire(v. t.) To bring to a close; to terminate.
Expired(imp. & p. p.) of Expire
Expiring(a.) Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating.
Expiring(a.) Pertaining to, or uttered at, the time of dying; as, expiring words; expiring groans.
Expiring(p. pr & vb. n.) of Expire
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