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Expire is defined as to breathe out, to die, or to come to an end.

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An example of expire is when someone dies of a heart attack.
An example of expire is when food has rotted and has started growing mold.
An example of expire is when an offer was good until May 1, 2012 and the clock strikes midnight on May 2nd 2012; the offer expires.

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See expire in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb expired, expiring

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

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

intransitive verb

to breathe out air
to breathe one's last breath; die
to come to an end; terminate; cease: the lease expired

See expire in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb ex·pired, ex·pir·ing, ex·pires

verb, intransitive

To come to an end; terminate: My membership in the club has expired.
To breathe one's last breath; die: The patient expired early this morning.
To exhale; breathe out.

verb, transitive

To breathe (something) out.
Archaic To give (something) off.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English expiren

Origin: , from Old French expirer

Origin: , from Latin exspīrāre

Origin: : ex-, ex-

Origin: + spīrāre, to breathe

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