expirev.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈspʌɪə/,

/ɛkˈspʌɪə/, U.S.

/ɪkˈspaɪ(ə)r/,

/ɛkˈspaɪ(ə)r/

Forms: Also Middle English expyre, exspyre, Middle English–1600s exspire, (1500s expiere, experie, 1600s expayer).

Etymology: < French expirer, < Latin ex(s)pīrāre to breathe out, < ex- out + spīrāre to breathe.

I. To breathe out.

a. transitive. To breathe out (air, etc.) from the lungs; also with forth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > exhale [verb (transitive)]

fnastc1400

to breathe out1556

outbreathe1563

aspire1575

exhale1589

expire1590

expirate1615

spirate1649

spire1649

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L5 The scorching fire, Which he from hellish entrailes did expire.

a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II ccxcviii, in Poems (1878) III. 211 Wee yawne..the same Ayre which wee expired erst.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 214 The Fluid, which is..expired forth along with the Air, goes off..in insensible parcels.

1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vi. 223 Her pitchy Nostrils flaky Flames expire.

1859 G. H. Lewes Sea-side Stud. 234 In the daytime we expire more carbonic acid than during the night.

1866 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (1872) iv. 82 The breath..afterwards is driven out or expired.

b. absol. To breathe out air from the lungs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > exhale [verb (intransitive)]

breathea1382

spirea1382

blazec1384

inspire1513

tuff?1553

to breathe out1576

huff1582

expire1633

outbreathe1638

aspirec1750

exhale1863

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island iv. xi. 40 Loose when he sucks in aire, contract when he expires.

1661 I. Walton Compl. Angler (ed. 3) i. i. 9 If the inspiring and expiring Organ of any animal be stopt, it suddenly dies.

1851 P. H. Gosse Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica 4 [The Whales] expired with a rushing sound, the instant the blow-hole was exposed.

†2. To give off (a perfume, vapour, etc.); to exhale, emit. Of a volcano: To emit, eject (flames, rarely solid substances). Also, To give out under pressure. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > as by breathing

breathea1425

respire1577

expire?1606

spire1649

?1606 M. Drayton Ode ii, in Poemes sig. B3 Where altars..Doe od'rous fumes expire.

1665 G. Harvey Disc. Plague 29 It [the Earth] purges it self by expiring those Arsenical fumes.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 55 And force the Veins of clashing Flints t'expire The lurking Seeds of their Cœlestial Fire.

1727 C. Pitt Paraphr. Ps. cxliv The lab'ring hills expire Thick clouds of smoke and deluges of fire.

1727 C. Pitt Paraphr. Ps. i. 636 What Rocks did Ætna's bellowing Mouth expire from his torn entrails.

1762 C. Churchill Ghost ii. 38 Every shrub expires perfume.

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad v. 189 Lighted bombs that fusing trails exspire.

absolute.1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §294 Heat drieth Bodies that do easily expire; as Parchment, Leaves [etc.].

†3. intransitive. To pass out in, or like, breath; to be breathed forth or exhaled; hence of the winds, flame, a projectile: To rush forth. Cf. Latin expirent ignes, Lucr. vi. 640. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > rush out

outfling?c1450

bolta1522

breakc1540

outrush1563

expire1626

outrun1819

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > from a source > of vapour or perfume

reekOE

respire?a1425

evaporate1545

evapour1545

walm1601

expire1626

well1860

1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xv. 312 Furious winds..Pent in blind cauernes, strugling to expire.

1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa IV. ii. vii. 683 Tell my Princess..my breath expir'd in repeating the fair name of hir [etc.].

1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 clxxxviii. 48 The Linstocks touch, the pond'rous ball expires.

1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 32 When the Rocket expires, they take Fire and spread into a Flame, hovering in the Air like Stars.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 53 Redundant Humours thro' the Pores expire .

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 130 Huge Flakes of Flames expire .

1729 R. Savage Wanderer i. 234 Thro' the bor'd rock above, the smoke expires.

II. To breathe one's last breath, die.

†4. transitive. To breathe out (the soul, etc.) in the article of death; also, to expire one's last. Obsolete. [Only a special use of sense 1; but the starting-point of a distinct series of senses.]

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c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 3287 On gude ffriday when crist his sawle on crosse expired.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 112 Syn recommanded him to the Goddes And that don expired his lyf.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lviii^v Medas..With paynfull hunger his lyfe breth dyd expyre.

a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. vi. §4 A youth..ready to expire his soule by sickenesse.

1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 128 As soon as their Apostle had expired his last breath.

a1671 T. Fairfax Short Mem. (1699) 56 My daughter..in appearance was ready to expire her last.

1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xvi. 1000 Patroclus thus..So many Lives effus'd, expires his own.

a. intransitive. Of a person or animal: To breathe one's last; to die.

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the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)]

forsweltc888

sweltc888

adeadeOE

deadc950

wendeOE

i-wite971

starveOE

witea1000

forfereOE

forthfareOE

forworthc1000

to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE

queleOE

fallOE

to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE

to shed (one's own) blood?a1100

diec1135

endc1175

farec1175

to give up the ghostc1175

letc1200

aswelta1250

leavea1250

to-sweltc1275

to-worthc1275

to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290

finea1300

spilla1300

part?1316

to leese one's life-daysa1325

to nim the way of deathc1325

to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330

flit1340

trance1340

determinec1374

disperisha1382

to go the way of all the eartha1382

to be gathered to one's fathers1382

miscarryc1387

shut1390

goa1393

to die upa1400

expirea1400

fleea1400

to pass awaya1400

to seek out of lifea1400–50

to sye hethena1400

tinea1400

trespass14..

espirec1430

to end one's days?a1439

decease1439

to go away?a1450

ungoc1450

unlivec1450

to change one's lifea1470

vade1495

depart1501

to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513

to decease this world1515

to go over?1520

jet1530

vade1530

to go westa1532

to pick over the perch1532

galpa1535

to die the death1535

to depart to God1548

to go home1561

mort1568

inlaikc1575

shuffle1576

finish1578

to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587

relent1587

unbreathe1589

transpass1592

to lose one's breath1596

to make a die (of it)1611

to go offa1616

fail1623

to go out1635

to peak over the percha1641

exita1652

drop1654

to knock offa1657

to kick upa1658

to pay nature her due1657

ghost1666

to march off1693

to die off1697

pike1697

to drop off1699

tip (over) the perch1699

to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703

sink1718

vent1718

to launch into eternity1719

to join the majority1721

demise1727

to pack off1735

to slip one's cable1751

turf1763

to move off1764

to pop off the hooks1764

to hop off1797

to pass on1805

to go to glory1814

sough1816

to hand in one's accounts1817

to slip one's breatha1819

croak1819

to slip one's wind1819

stiffen1820

weed1824

buy1825

to drop short1826

to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839

to get one's (also the) call1839

to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840

to unreeve one's lifeline1840

to step out1844

to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845

to hand in one's checks1845

to go off the handle1848

to go under1848

succumb1849

to turn one's toes up1851

to peg out1852

walk1858

snuff1864

to go or be up the flume1865

to pass outc1867

to cash in one's chips1870

to go (also pass over) to the majority1883

to cash in1884

to cop it1884

snuff1885

to belly up1886

perch1886

to kick the bucket1889

off1890

to knock over1892

to pass over1897

to stop one1901

to pass in1904

to hand in one's marble1911

the silver cord is loosed1911

pip1913

to cross over1915

conk1917

to check out1921

to kick off1921

to pack up1925

to step off1926

to take the ferry1928

peg1931

to meet one's Maker1933

to kiss off1935

to crease it1959

zonk1968

cark1977

to cark it1979

to take a dirt nap1981

a1400 Cov. Myst., Assump. (Shaks. Soc.) 387 The thrydde day hens ye schul ben expirand.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 131/2 He espyred and deyed in grete payne.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Lyf St. Wenefryde 3 The yong man forthwith fyll down to therthe and exspyred.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xliv. 344 God onely knows..what becomes of a mans spirit, when he expireth.

1720 W. R. Chetwood Voy. Capt. R. Falconer ii. 39 When he found himself just upon the Point of expiring, he made this short Prayer.

1741 tr. Marquis d'Argens Chinese Lett. 209 They..stand round making respectful Bows to them [Goats and Sheep] till they are expired.

1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 74 The King pressed his hand and expired.

1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 275 Leaving my two gentlemen ready to expire of laughter.

b. transferred in various nonce-uses. Also of a fire: To die out.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > be non-existent [verb (intransitive)] > end or cease to exist

tirec725

endOE

forfareOE

goc1175

fleec1200

to wend awayc1225

diea1240

to-melta1240

to pass awaya1325

flit1340

perishc1350

vanisha1375

decorre1377

cease1382

dispend1393

failc1400

overshakec1425

surcease1439

adrawc1450

fall1523

decease1538

define1562

fleet1576

expire1595

evanish1597

extinguish1599

extirp1606

disappear1623

evaporatea1631

trans-shift1648

annihilate1656

exolve1657

cancela1667

to pass off1699

to burn out, forth1832

spark1845

to die out1853

to come, go, etc. by the board1859

sputter1964

1595 E. Spenser Amoretti xxvii, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. B7 This verse, that neuer shall expyre.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. iv. 36 Euen this ill night, your breathing shall expire .

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 209 Palmeto..at the top whereof is a soft pith, in which consists the soule and vegetatiue vertue of that tree, which cut out, the tree expires.

1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. i. iv. 139 The Jews religion..was to expire into the Christian.

1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 ccxii. 54 London..By an high fate thou greatly didst expire.

1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. II. 49 Brutus was..reading by a lamp that was just expiring.

1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. i. 113 The sparks expired in the ashes.

6. To come to an end:

a. Of a period of time: To reach its close; to terminate, end: rarely, to elapse, pass. Sometimes conjugated with be.⁋Spenser's use in 1590 seems to be a forced extension of this sense.

ΚΠ

1455 Richard Dk. of York in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 40 I. 126 And that yere expired to geve my said servaunt.. your licence to retourne.

c1500 Melusine (1895) 317 After your lyf naturel expired, no man shal..hold your land.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cci. f. cxxiii From the firste yere of Pepyn..to the first yere of Hughe Capet..Expyred or passed. cc.xxxix. yeres.

a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Mark i, in tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) 105 Jesus..said y^e time is now expired..repent and belev y^e gospel.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. F7^v She..Trebling the dew time, In which the wombes of wemen doe expyre, Brought forth this monstrous masse.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xiv. 13 Till your date expire .

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxix. 115 The three dayes abstinence being expired, lots were cast.

1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 543 Till all the lives, during which it was directed to accumulate, should expire.

1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 278 Lord Sunderlin..has it for three years, one of which is expired.

1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. xi. 261 Till the next session of Parliament should have nearly expired.

b. Of a condition (in a bond or the like), a law, patent, truce, etc. appointed for a limited time: To become void through lapse of time; to reach its term; to determine.

ΚΠ

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 18 The triews faylled at tyme sette & expired.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. iii. 157 A month before this bond expires .

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. vi. 177 There was a truce for six yeares, which expired in that of 1635.

1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ Rom. ii. 43 St. Paul's vow was expired before he set forward upon his voyage.

1804 Earl of Lauderdale Inq. Nature & Origin Public Wealth iii. 169 When the patent expires.

1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. xviii. 668 A notice expiring that day of the year.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 540 To ascertain what temporary statutes were about to expire.

c. Of an action, state, legal title, etc.: To cease, come to an end, die out, become extinct.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > be at an end [verb (intransitive)] > come to an end, terminate, or expire

to run outeOE

endOE

stintc1275

slakea1300

overpassc1350

determinec1374

overruna1393

dispend1393

failc1399

missa1400

to wear out, forth1412

stanchc1420

to come outa1450

terminea1450

expire?c1450

finish1490

conclude1593

upclose1603

terminate1608

to shut up1609

to wind off1650

stop1733

to fall in1771

close1821

to blaze out1884

outgive1893

to play out1964

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4479 Þe paynyms pride it sall' expire.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxvii. sig. C2^v To worke my mind, when boddies work's expired .

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 353 When this dignity was exspired, in this family.

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xx. 214 This War, which had lasted almost ninety years..expired in the Spring time, 1648.

1671 A. Marvell Let. 22 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 141 Dover Peere was not able to get in its report. So that matter is expired.

1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) iii. 27 Amaz'd, confus'd, he found his Pow'r expir'd.

1783 E. Burke Rep. Affairs India in Wks. (1842) II. 28 This trade..was now itself expiring in the hands of the company.

1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 416 The title of the daughters expired on the birth of the son.

1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church I. ii. 76 The great authority..was meant to expire at their death.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 266 An estate tail..expires whenever there is a failure of issue inheritable to it.

1833 Bp. Thirlwall in Philol. Museum 2 522 The death of Ajax, with which, according to modern notions, the interest expires.

†d. Of food: To be consumed, exhausted, or spent. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > be insufficient [verb (intransitive)] > become scanty or scarce > run out

tirec725

failc1250

dispend1393

wanta1425

expirec1515

defect1587

to run out1685

to fall short1694

to spin out1720

to run short1850

to give out1861

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cix. 375 Or xv. dayes were passyd, all theyr vytayles were expyred.

†7.

a. transitive. To cause to expire or cease; to bring to an end, conclude; to put an end to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > bring to an end or conclude [verb (transitive)]

yendc1000

abatec1300

finec1300

endc1305

finisha1375

definec1384

terminec1390

achievea1393

out-enda1400

terminate?a1425

conclude1430

close1439

to bring adowna1450

terma1475

adetermine1483

determine1483

to knit up1530

do1549

parclose1558

to shut up1575

expire1578

date1589

to close up1592

period1595

includea1616

apostrophate1622

to wind off1650

periodizea1657

dismiss1698

to wind up1740

to put the lid on1873

to put the tin hat on something1900

to wash up1925

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 22^v To swill the drinke that will expire thy date.

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. B3 If I woulde expire the miserie of his vnspeakable tormenting vncertaintie.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 109 Some consequence..Which..expiers the terme Of a dispised life.

1610 J. Selden Duello iv. 15 Death was vmpire by expiring the best spirit of the one.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 10 These seducers..will not haue it [circumcision] dated, when the Lord hath expired it.

†b. To cause (time) to pass; to spend. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)]

overdoOE

adreeOE

wreaka1300

to draw forthc1300

dispend1340

pass1340

drivea1375

wastec1381

occupyc1384

overpassa1387

to pass over ——a1393

usec1400

spend1423

contrive?a1475

overdrive1487

consumea1500

to pass forth1509

to drive off1517

lead1523

to ride out1529

to wear out, forth1530

to pass away?1550

to put offc1550

shiftc1562

to tire out1563

wear1567

to drive out1570

entertainc1570

expire1589

tire1589

outwear1590

to see out1590

outrun1592

outgo1595

overshoot1597

to pass out1603

fleeta1616

elapse1654

term1654

trickle1657

to put over1679

absorb1686

spin1696

exercise1711

kill1728

to get through ——1748

to get over ——1751

tickc1870

fill1875

1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. **4 Those yeares, which shoulde bee employed in Aristotle, are expired in Epitomes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	expire
释义	† expiren. Etymology: < expire v. Obsolete. rare. = expiration n., expiry n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] hensithOE qualmOE bale-sithea1000 endingc1000 fallOE forthsitheOE soulingOE life's endOE deathOE hethensithc1200 last end?c1225 forthfarec1275 dying1297 finec1300 partingc1300 endc1305 deceasec1330 departc1330 starving1340 passingc1350 latter enda1382 obita1382 perishingc1384 carrion1387 departing1388 finishmentc1400 trespassement14.. passing forthc1410 sesse1417 cess1419 fininga1425 resolutiona1425 departisona1450 passagea1450 departmentc1450 consummation?a1475 dormition1483 debt to (also of) naturea1513 dissolutionc1522 expirationa1530 funeral?a1534 change1543 departure1558 last change1574 transmigration1576 dissolving1577 shaking of the sheets?1577 departance1579 deceasure1580 mortality1582 deceasing1591 waftage1592 launching1599 quietus1603 doom1609 expire1612 expiring1612 period1613 defunctiona1616 Lethea1616 fail1623 dismissiona1631 set1635 passa1645 disanimation1646 suffering1651 abition1656 Passovera1662 latter (last) end1670 finis1682 exitus1706 perch1722 demission1735 demise1753 translation1760 transit1764 dropping1768 expiry1790 departal1823 finish1826 homegoing1866 the last (also final, great) round-up1879 snuffing1922 fade-out1924 thirty1929 appointment in Samarra1934 dirt nap1981 big chill1987 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > coming or bringing to an end > coming to an end or expiry endc1000 ush1463 outrunning1483 extermination1490 ish1502 expirement1526 concluding1530 expiration1562 closing1598 terminating1598 cessure1607 outpassing1609 expire1612 expiring1612 expiry1807 cesser1809 1612 J. Sylvester Lacrymæ Lacrymarum 168 But, day by day, vntill our last expire..Prostrate our Soules..Before the Footstool of th' Empyreall Chaire. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. ix. 357 Having seen the expire of Daniels prediction..he [John] accomplished his Revelation. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). expirev. Brit. /ᵻkˈspʌɪə/, /ɛkˈspʌɪə/, U.S. /ɪkˈspaɪ(ə)r/, /ɛkˈspaɪ(ə)r/ Forms: Also Middle English expyre, exspyre, Middle English–1600s exspire, (1500s expiere, experie, 1600s expayer). Etymology: < French expirer, < Latin ex(s)pīrāre to breathe out, < ex- out + spīrāre to breathe. I. To breathe out. 1. a. transitive. To breathe out (air, etc.) from the lungs; also with forth. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > exhale [verb (transitive)] fnastc1400 to breathe out1556 outbreathe1563 aspire1575 exhale1589 expire1590 expirate1615 spirate1649 spire1649 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L5 The scorching fire, Which he from hellish entrailes did expire. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II ccxcviii, in Poems (1878) III. 211 Wee yawne..the same Ayre which wee expired erst. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 214 The Fluid, which is..expired forth along with the Air, goes off..in insensible parcels. 1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vi. 223 Her pitchy Nostrils flaky Flames expire. 1859 G. H. Lewes Sea-side Stud. 234 In the daytime we expire more carbonic acid than during the night. 1866 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (1872) iv. 82 The breath..afterwards is driven out or expired. b. absol. To breathe out air from the lungs. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > exhale [verb (intransitive)] breathea1382 spirea1382 blazec1384 inspire1513 tuff?1553 to breathe out1576 huff1582 expire1633 outbreathe1638 aspirec1750 exhale1863 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island iv. xi. 40 Loose when he sucks in aire, contract when he expires. 1661 I. Walton Compl. Angler (ed. 3) i. i. 9 If the inspiring and expiring Organ of any animal be stopt, it suddenly dies. 1851 P. H. Gosse Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica 4 [The Whales] expired with a rushing sound, the instant the blow-hole was exposed. †2. To give off (a perfume, vapour, etc.); to exhale, emit. Of a volcano: To emit, eject (flames, rarely solid substances). Also, To give out under pressure. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > as by breathing breathea1425 respire1577 expire?1606 spire1649 ?1606 M. Drayton Ode ii, in Poemes sig. B3 Where altars..Doe od'rous fumes expire. 1665 G. Harvey Disc. Plague 29 It [the Earth] purges it self by expiring those Arsenical fumes. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 55 And force the Veins of clashing Flints t'expire The lurking Seeds of their Cœlestial Fire. View more context for this quotation 1727 C. Pitt Paraphr. Ps. cxliv The lab'ring hills expire Thick clouds of smoke and deluges of fire. 1727 C. Pitt Paraphr. Ps. i. 636 What Rocks did Ætna's bellowing Mouth expire from his torn entrails. 1762 C. Churchill Ghost ii. 38 Every shrub expires perfume. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad v. 189 Lighted bombs that fusing trails exspire. absolute.1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §294 Heat drieth Bodies that do easily expire; as Parchment, Leaves [etc.]. †3. intransitive. To pass out in, or like, breath; to be breathed forth or exhaled; hence of the winds, flame, a projectile: To rush forth. Cf. Latin expirent ignes, Lucr. vi. 640. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > rush out outfling?c1450 bolta1522 breakc1540 outrush1563 expire1626 outrun1819 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > from a source > of vapour or perfume reekOE respire?a1425 evaporate1545 evapour1545 walm1601 expire1626 well1860 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xv. 312 Furious winds..Pent in blind cauernes, strugling to expire. 1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa IV. ii. vii. 683 Tell my Princess..my breath expir'd in repeating the fair name of hir [etc.]. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 clxxxviii. 48 The Linstocks touch, the pond'rous ball expires. 1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 32 When the Rocket expires, they take Fire and spread into a Flame, hovering in the Air like Stars. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 53 Redundant Humours thro' the Pores expire . View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 130 Huge Flakes of Flames expire . View more context for this quotation 1729 R. Savage Wanderer i. 234 Thro' the bor'd rock above, the smoke expires. II. To breathe one's last breath, die. †4. transitive. To breathe out (the soul, etc.) in the article of death; also, to expire one's last. Obsolete. [Only a special use of sense 1; but the starting-point of a distinct series of senses.] ΚΠ c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 3287 On gude ffriday when crist his sawle on crosse expired. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 112 Syn recommanded him to the Goddes And that don expired his lyf. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lviii^v Medas..With paynfull hunger his lyfe breth dyd expyre. a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. vi. §4 A youth..ready to expire his soule by sickenesse. 1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 128 As soon as their Apostle had expired his last breath. a1671 T. Fairfax Short Mem. (1699) 56 My daughter..in appearance was ready to expire her last. 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xvi. 1000 Patroclus thus..So many Lives effus'd, expires his own. 5. a. intransitive. Of a person or animal: To breathe one's last; to die. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] forsweltc888 sweltc888 adeadeOE deadc950 wendeOE i-wite971 starveOE witea1000 forfereOE forthfareOE forworthc1000 to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE queleOE fallOE to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE to shed (one's own) blood?a1100 diec1135 endc1175 farec1175 to give up the ghostc1175 letc1200 aswelta1250 leavea1250 to-sweltc1275 to-worthc1275 to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290 finea1300 spilla1300 part?1316 to leese one's life-daysa1325 to nim the way of deathc1325 to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330 flit1340 trance1340 determinec1374 disperisha1382 to go the way of all the eartha1382 to be gathered to one's fathers1382 miscarryc1387 shut1390 goa1393 to die upa1400 expirea1400 fleea1400 to pass awaya1400 to seek out of lifea1400–50 to sye hethena1400 tinea1400 trespass14.. espirec1430 to end one's days?a1439 decease1439 to go away?a1450 ungoc1450 unlivec1450 to change one's lifea1470 vade1495 depart1501 to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513 to decease this world1515 to go over?1520 jet1530 vade1530 to go westa1532 to pick over the perch1532 galpa1535 to die the death1535 to depart to God1548 to go home1561 mort1568 inlaikc1575 shuffle1576 finish1578 to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587 relent1587 unbreathe1589 transpass1592 to lose one's breath1596 to make a die (of it)1611 to go offa1616 fail1623 to go out1635 to peak over the percha1641 exita1652 drop1654 to knock offa1657 to kick upa1658 to pay nature her due1657 ghost1666 to march off1693 to die off1697 pike1697 to drop off1699 tip (over) the perch1699 to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703 sink1718 vent1718 to launch into eternity1719 to join the majority1721 demise1727 to pack off1735 to slip one's cable1751 turf1763 to move off1764 to pop off the hooks1764 to hop off1797 to pass on1805 to go to glory1814 sough1816 to hand in one's accounts1817 to slip one's breatha1819 croak1819 to slip one's wind1819 stiffen1820 weed1824 buy1825 to drop short1826 to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839 to get one's (also the) call1839 to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840 to unreeve one's lifeline1840 to step out1844 to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845 to hand in one's checks1845 to go off the handle1848 to go under1848 succumb1849 to turn one's toes up1851 to peg out1852 walk1858 snuff1864 to go or be up the flume1865 to pass outc1867 to cash in one's chips1870 to go (also pass over) to the majority1883 to cash in1884 to cop it1884 snuff1885 to belly up1886 perch1886 to kick the bucket1889 off1890 to knock over1892 to pass over1897 to stop one1901 to pass in1904 to hand in one's marble1911 the silver cord is loosed1911 pip1913 to cross over1915 conk1917 to check out1921 to kick off1921 to pack up1925 to step off1926 to take the ferry1928 peg1931 to meet one's Maker1933 to kiss off1935 to crease it1959 zonk1968 cark1977 to cark it1979 to take a dirt nap1981 a1400 Cov. Myst., Assump. (Shaks. Soc.) 387 The thrydde day hens ye schul ben expirand. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 131/2 He espyred and deyed in grete payne. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Lyf St. Wenefryde 3 The yong man forthwith fyll down to therthe and exspyred. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xliv. 344 God onely knows..what becomes of a mans spirit, when he expireth. 1720 W. R. Chetwood Voy. Capt. R. Falconer ii. 39 When he found himself just upon the Point of expiring, he made this short Prayer. 1741 tr. Marquis d'Argens Chinese Lett. 209 They..stand round making respectful Bows to them [Goats and Sheep] till they are expired. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 74 The King pressed his hand and expired. 1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 275 Leaving my two gentlemen ready to expire of laughter. b. transferred in various nonce-uses. Also of a fire: To die out. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > be non-existent [verb (intransitive)] > end or cease to exist tirec725 endOE forfareOE goc1175 fleec1200 to wend awayc1225 diea1240 to-melta1240 to pass awaya1325 flit1340 perishc1350 vanisha1375 decorre1377 cease1382 dispend1393 failc1400 overshakec1425 surcease1439 adrawc1450 fall1523 decease1538 define1562 fleet1576 expire1595 evanish1597 extinguish1599 extirp1606 disappear1623 evaporatea1631 trans-shift1648 annihilate1656 exolve1657 cancela1667 to pass off1699 to burn out, forth1832 spark1845 to die out1853 to come, go, etc. by the board1859 sputter1964 1595 E. Spenser Amoretti xxvii, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. B7 This verse, that neuer shall expyre. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. iv. 36 Euen this ill night, your breathing shall expire . View more context for this quotation 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 209 Palmeto..at the top whereof is a soft pith, in which consists the soule and vegetatiue vertue of that tree, which cut out, the tree expires. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. i. iv. 139 The Jews religion..was to expire into the Christian. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 ccxii. 54 London..By an high fate thou greatly didst expire. 1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. II. 49 Brutus was..reading by a lamp that was just expiring. 1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. i. 113 The sparks expired in the ashes. 6. To come to an end: a. Of a period of time: To reach its close; to terminate, end: rarely, to elapse, pass. Sometimes conjugated with be.⁋Spenser's use in 1590 seems to be a forced extension of this sense. ΚΠ 1455 Richard Dk. of York in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 40 I. 126 And that yere expired to geve my said servaunt.. your licence to retourne. c1500 Melusine (1895) 317 After your lyf naturel expired, no man shal..hold your land. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cci. f. cxxiii From the firste yere of Pepyn..to the first yere of Hughe Capet..Expyred or passed. cc.xxxix. yeres. a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Mark i, in tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) 105 Jesus..said y^e time is now expired..repent and belev y^e gospel. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. F7^v She..Trebling the dew time, In which the wombes of wemen doe expyre, Brought forth this monstrous masse. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xiv. 13 Till your date expire . View more context for this quotation 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxix. 115 The three dayes abstinence being expired, lots were cast. 1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 543 Till all the lives, during which it was directed to accumulate, should expire. 1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 278 Lord Sunderlin..has it for three years, one of which is expired. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. xi. 261 Till the next session of Parliament should have nearly expired. b. Of a condition (in a bond or the like), a law, patent, truce, etc. appointed for a limited time: To become void through lapse of time; to reach its term; to determine. ΚΠ 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 18 The triews faylled at tyme sette & expired. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. iii. 157 A month before this bond expires . View more context for this quotation 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. vi. 177 There was a truce for six yeares, which expired in that of 1635. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ Rom. ii. 43 St. Paul's vow was expired before he set forward upon his voyage. 1804 Earl of Lauderdale Inq. Nature & Origin Public Wealth iii. 169 When the patent expires. 1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. xviii. 668 A notice expiring that day of the year. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 540 To ascertain what temporary statutes were about to expire. c. Of an action, state, legal title, etc.: To cease, come to an end, die out, become extinct. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > be at an end [verb (intransitive)] > come to an end, terminate, or expire to run outeOE endOE stintc1275 slakea1300 overpassc1350 determinec1374 overruna1393 dispend1393 failc1399 missa1400 to wear out, forth1412 stanchc1420 to come outa1450 terminea1450 expire?c1450 finish1490 conclude1593 upclose1603 terminate1608 to shut up1609 to wind off1650 stop1733 to fall in1771 close1821 to blaze out1884 outgive1893 to play out1964 ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4479 Þe paynyms pride it sall' expire. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxvii. sig. C2^v To worke my mind, when boddies work's expired . View more context for this quotation 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 353 When this dignity was exspired, in this family. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xx. 214 This War, which had lasted almost ninety years..expired in the Spring time, 1648. 1671 A. Marvell Let. 22 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 141 Dover Peere was not able to get in its report. So that matter is expired. 1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) iii. 27 Amaz'd, confus'd, he found his Pow'r expir'd. 1783 E. Burke Rep. Affairs India in Wks. (1842) II. 28 This trade..was now itself expiring in the hands of the company. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 416 The title of the daughters expired on the birth of the son. 1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church I. ii. 76 The great authority..was meant to expire at their death. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 266 An estate tail..expires whenever there is a failure of issue inheritable to it. 1833 Bp. Thirlwall in Philol. Museum 2 522 The death of Ajax, with which, according to modern notions, the interest expires. †d. Of food: To be consumed, exhausted, or spent. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > be insufficient [verb (intransitive)] > become scanty or scarce > run out tirec725 failc1250 dispend1393 wanta1425 expirec1515 defect1587 to run out1685 to fall short1694 to spin out1720 to run short1850 to give out1861 c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cix. 375 Or xv. dayes were passyd, all theyr vytayles were expyred. †7. a. transitive. To cause to expire or cease; to bring to an end, conclude; to put an end to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > bring to an end or conclude [verb (transitive)] yendc1000 abatec1300 finec1300 endc1305 finisha1375 definec1384 terminec1390 achievea1393 out-enda1400 terminate?a1425 conclude1430 close1439 to bring adowna1450 terma1475 adetermine1483 determine1483 to knit up1530 do1549 parclose1558 to shut up1575 expire1578 date1589 to close up1592 period1595 includea1616 apostrophate1622 to wind off1650 periodizea1657 dismiss1698 to wind up1740 to put the lid on1873 to put the tin hat on something1900 to wash up1925 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 22^v To swill the drinke that will expire thy date. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. B3 If I woulde expire the miserie of his vnspeakable tormenting vncertaintie. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 109 Some consequence..Which..expiers the terme Of a dispised life. View more context for this quotation 1610 J. Selden Duello iv. 15 Death was vmpire by expiring the best spirit of the one. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 10 These seducers..will not haue it [circumcision] dated, when the Lord hath expired it. †b. To cause (time) to pass; to spend. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] overdoOE adreeOE wreaka1300 to draw forthc1300 dispend1340 pass1340 drivea1375 wastec1381 occupyc1384 overpassa1387 to pass over ——a1393 usec1400 spend1423 contrive?a1475 overdrive1487 consumea1500 to pass forth1509 to drive off1517 lead1523 to ride out1529 to wear out, forth1530 to pass away?1550 to put offc1550 shiftc1562 to tire out1563 wear1567 to drive out1570 entertainc1570 expire1589 tire1589 outwear1590 to see out1590 outrun1592 outgo1595 overshoot1597 to pass out1603 fleeta1616 elapse1654 term1654 trickle1657 to put over1679 absorb1686 spin1696 exercise1711 kill1728 to get through ——1748 to get over ——1751 tickc1870 fill1875 1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. **4 Those yeares, which shoulde bee employed in Aristotle, are expired in Epitomes. 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