Part 4067

<hw>Ex*pir"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or employed in, the expiration or emission of air from the lungs; <as>as, the <ex>expiratory</ex> muscles</as>.</def>

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<hw>Ex*pire"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Expired</er> <tt>(?)</tt>;<tt>p. pr & vb. n.</tt> <er>Expiring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>expirare</ets>, <ets>exspirare</ets>, <ets>expiratum</ets>, <ets>exspiratum</ets>; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>spirare</ets> to breathe: cf. F. <ets>expirer</ets>. See <er>Spirit</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to <i>inspire</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of inspiring and <b>expiring</b> air. <i>Harvey.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>This chafed the boar; his nostrils flames <b>expire</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; <as>as, the earth <ex>expires</ex> a damp vapor; plants <ex>expire</ex> odors.</as></def>

<blockquote>The <b>expiring</b> of cold out of the inward parts of the earth in winter. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To emit; to give out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To bring to a close; to terminate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Expire</b> the term Of a despised life. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Ex*pire"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To emit the breath.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; <as>as, to <ex>expire</ex> calmly; to <ex>expire</ex> in agony.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct; <as>as, the flame <ex>expired</ex>; his lease <ex>expires</ex> to-day; the month <ex>expired</ex> on Saturday.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To burst forth; to fly out with a blast.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

"The ponderous ball <i>expires</i>." <i>Dryden.</i>

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<hw>Ex*pir"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or uttered at, the time of dying; <as>as, <ex>expiring</ex> words; <ex>expiring</ex> groans.</as></def>

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<hw>Ex"pi*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Expiration.</def>

<blockquote>He had to leave at the <b>expiry</b> of the term. <i>Lamb.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The Parliament . . . now approaching the <b>expiry</b> of its legal term. <i>J. Morley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Expiscate</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex*pis"cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>expiscatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>expiscari</ets> to fish out; <ets>ex</ets> out+<ets>piscari</ets> to fish, <ets>piscis</ets> fish.]</ety> <def>To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.</def> "To <i>expiscate</i> principles." <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Nichol.</i>

<blockquote>Dr.Burton has with much ingenuity endeavord to <b>expiscate</b> the truth which may be involved in them. <i>W. L. Alexander.</i></blockquote>