expire

v 1: lose validity; "My passports expired last month" [syn: {run

out}]

2: pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes

and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from

cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The

patient went peacefully" [syn: {die}, {decease}, {perish},

{go}, {exit}, {pass away}] [ant: {be born}]

3: expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight" [syn: {exhale},

{breathe out}] [ant: {inhale}]

empire

Any of a family of military simulations derived from a

game written by Peter Langston many years ago. Five or six

multi-player variants of varying degrees of sophistication

exist, and one single-player version implemented for both

{Unix} and {VMS}; the latter is even available as {MS-DOS}

{freeware}. All are notoriously addictive.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-08-06)