[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

expire \expire"\, 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.
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            anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of
            inspiring and expiring air.           --harvey.
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            this chafed the boar; his nostrils flames expire.
                                                  --dryden.
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   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.
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            the expiring of cold out of the inward parts of the
            earth in winter.                      --bacon.
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   3. to emit; to give out. obs. --dryden.
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   4. to bring to a close; to terminate. obs.
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            expire the term
            of a despised life.                   --shak.
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see also:
expired expiring spirit inspire 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

expiring \expir"ing\, a.
   1. breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or
      volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath;
      dying; ending; terminating.
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   2. pertaining to, or uttered at, the time of dying; as,
      expiring words; expiring groans.
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