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expire Definition


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expire
verb, intr expired, expiring
    1. To come to an end or cease to be valid.
      Thesaurus: end, finish, stop, quit, terminate.
    2. To breathe out.
    3. To die.
      Thesaurus: die, perish, breathe one's last, depart, pass on.
Derivative: expiration
    Expiry.
      Thesaurus: end, finish, close, closing.
    The act or process of breathing out.
Etymology: 15c: from Latin exspirare to breathe out.



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