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