IF: [Winter has] Expired

Bee Goddess in my Backyard, Q. Cassetti, 2010, pen and inkDictionary.com defines Expire this way:

ex·pire
[ik-spahyuhr]  Show IPA verb,-pired, -pir·ing.
–verb (used without object)
1.to come to an end; terminate, as a contract, guarantee, or offer.
2.to emit the last breath; die.
3.to breathe out.
4.to die out, as a fire.–verb (used with object)
5.to breathe out; emit (air) from the lungs.
6.Archaic. to give off, emit, or eject.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L ex(s)pīrāre to breathe out, equiv. to ex- ex-1 + spīrāre to breathe

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I say the Winter has Expired! Long live spring!