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Webster 1913 Edition


Expiring

Ex-pir′ing

,
Adj.
1.
Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating.
2.
Pertaining to, or uttered at, the time of dying;
as,
expiring
words;
expiring
groans.

Webster 1828 Edition


Expiring

EXPI'RING

,
ppr.
Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating.
1.
Pertaining to or uttered at the time of dying; as expiring words; expiring groans.

Definition 2024


expiring

expiring

English

Adjective

expiring (not comparable)

  1. Ending, terminating, dying.

Verb

expiring

  1. present participle of expire