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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Expire \Ex*pire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expired; p. pr & vb. n. Expiring.] [L. expirare, exspirare, expiratum, exspiratum; ex out + spirare to breathe: cf. F. expirer. See Spirit.] 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. [1913 Webster]

    Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of inspiring and expiring air. --Harvey. [1913 Webster]

    This chafed the boar; his nostrils flames expire. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

    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. [1913 Webster]

    The expiring of cold out of the inward parts of the earth in winter. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

    3. To emit; to give out. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

    4. To bring to a close; to terminate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

    Expire the term Of a despised life. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    expired \expired\ adj. having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time; as, an expired passport; caught driving with an expired license. Opposite of unexpired. [WordNet 1.5]