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verb Ex*pire"

Senses

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.]
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.]
To emit; to give out.(Obs)
To bring to a close; to terminate.(Obs)" Expire the term Of a despised life." [Shak.]

Etymology: L. expirare exspirare expiratum exspiratum; ex out + spirare to breathe: cf. F. expirer. See Spirit

verb Ex*pire"

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To emit the breath.
To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.
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.
To burst forth; to fly out with a blast.(Obs)"The ponderous ball expires." [Dryden.]

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Expel air
Synonyms: breathe out and exhale
Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, and snuff it
Lose validity ("My passports expired last month")
Synonyms: run out

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Borrowed from Middle French expirer, from Latin exspīrō, exspīrāre, from ex- (“out”) + spīrō, spīrāre (“breathe, be alive”)

expire was also found in the following language(s): French, Portuguese, and Spanish

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Past life for Expire born Aug 15, 1949

I do not know how you feel about it, but you were a female in your last earthly incarnation. You were born somewhere around the territory of Southern Africa approximately on 1725. Your profession was dancer, singer, and actor.

As a ruthless character, you carefully weighed your decisions in critical situations, with excellent self-control and strong will. Generally liked, but not always loved. Your lesson - to combat violence and disharmony in our world, to understand its roots and origins. All global problems have similar origins.

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