Expire the term
Of a despised life.
Shak.
Ex*pire", v. i. 1. To emit the breath.
2. To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.
3. To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct; as, the flame expired; his lease expires to-day; the month expired on Saturday.
4. To burst forth; to fly out with a blast. [Obs.] "The ponderous ball expires." Dryden.
Ex*pir"ing (?), a. 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.
Ex"pi*ry (?), n. Expiration.
He had to leave at the expiry of the term.
Lamb.
The Parliament . . . now approaching the expiry of its legal term.
J. Morley.
Ex*pis"cate (?), v. t. [L. expiscatus, p. p. of expiscari to fish out; ex out+piscari to fish, piscis fish.] To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out. "To expiscate principles." [R.] Nichol.
Dr. Burton has with much ingenuity endeavored to expiscate the truth which may be involved in them.
W. L. Alexander.
Ex`pis*ca"tion (?), n. The act of expiscating; a fishing. [R.] Chapman.
Ex*pis"ca*to*ry (?), a. Tending to fish out; searching out [R.] Carlyle.
Ex*plain" (ks*pln"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explained(- plnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Explaining.] [L. explandare to flatten, spread out, explain; ex out + plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, explaner. See Plain,a., and cf. Esplanade.] 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [Obs.]
The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf.
Evelyn.
2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.
Commentators to explain the difficult passages to you.
Gay.
To explain away, to get rid of by explanation. "Those explain the meaning quite away." Pope.
Syn. -- To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up.
Ex*plain", v. i. To give an explanation.
Ex*plain"a*ble (?), a. [L. explainabilis.] Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted. Sir. T. Browne.
Ex*plain"er (?), n. One who explains; an expounder or expositor; a commentator; an interpreter.
Ex"pla*nate, a. [L. explanatus, p. p. of explanare. See Explain.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Spreading or extending outwardly in a flat form.
Ex`pla*na"tion (?), n. [L. explanatio: cf. OF. esplanation.] 1. The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty.