1. (p. pr & vb. n.) of Expire.

2. (a.) Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating.

3. (a.) Pertaining to, or uttered at, the time of dying; as, expiring words; expiring groans.

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