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Ex·pire v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expired p. pr & vb. n. Expiring.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. To emit; to give out. [Obs.]
4. To bring to a close; to terminate. [Obs.]
Expire the term
Of a despised life. --Shak.
expired
adj : having come to an end or become void after passage of a
period of time; "an expired passport"; "caught driving
with an expired license" [ant: unexpired]