expire
to come to an end
Roots
Other words with the spir root
- conspire: to plot together secretly
- inspire: to fill with feeling, energy, or an idea
- respiration: breathing
- spirit: breath, energy, or inner life
Spir gives breath. To expire is to breathe out the last breath, then end.
The offer expired before he opened the email, and the chance was gone.
Expire keeps breath inside the idea of ending. A person, deadline, contract, card, or offer reaches its last breath and stops being active.