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expire

ex·pire

UK/ɪkˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ US/ɛkˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ uncommon

verb

1.

lose validity

  • “My passports expired last month”
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2.

pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

  • “She died from cancer”
  • “They children perished in the fire”
  • “The patient went peacefully”
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3.

expel air

  • “Exhale when you lift the weight”
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Origin

From Middle English expire, from Middle French expirer, from Latin expīrō, exspīrō, from ex- (“out”) + spīrō (“breathe, be alive”).

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