Exspire
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 Obsolete form of expire. alt-of, obsolete
"[…] until the sev͛all dayes and tymes apoynted and agreed for the payment of the said Myse shalbe exspired, And lykewyse the dayes and tymes of the said Subsidie lately graunted to oʳ said Sov͛aigne Lorde and Lady be past and exspired; […]"
Example
More examples"[…] until the sev͛all dayes and tymes apoynted and agreed for the payment of the said Myse shalbe exspired, And lykewyse the dayes and tymes of the said Subsidie lately graunted to oʳ said Sov͛aigne Lorde and Lady be past and exspired; […]"
Etymology
From Middle English exspire, from Latin exspīrō.
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