Definitions for: Sire


[n] male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse
[n] the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
[n] a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
[v] make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"



Webster (1913) Definition: Sire, n. [F. sire, originally, an older person. See
Sir.]
1. A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir.
[Obs.]

Pain and distress, sickness and ire, And melancholy
that angry sire, Be of her palace senators. --Rom.
of R.

2. A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders
and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.

3. A father; the head of a family; the husband.

Jankin thet was our sire [i.e., husband]. --Chaucer.

And raise his issue, like a loving sire. --Shak.

4. A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.

[He] was the sire of an immortal strain. --Shelley.

5. The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to
horses; as, the horse had a good sire.

Note: Sire is often used in composition; as in grandsire,
grandfather; great-grandsire, great-grandfather.


Sire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sired; p. pr. & vb. n.
Siring.]
To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of
stallions.

Synonyms: beget, bring forth, engender, father, father, forefather, generate, get, mother

See Also: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, create, Lord, make, male, noble, nobleman, patriarch, root

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