transitivity of "expire" (fwd)

[Jesse Sheidlower]

> I thought this would be of interest to the list. I wonder if it's ever
> used in a transitive active construction?

This is very common in various subfields of computing. A recent example
from a mainstream source:

2001 N.Y. Times Mag. 8 Apr. 46/3 To cover your tracks, set
the browser to "expire" the history after every session.

A computer-specific source wouldn't use scare quotes; we have examples
from the 1980s if not earlier.

Jesse Sheidlower
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