Category:Sire

Sire, n. Etym: [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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sired; p. pr. & vb. n. Siring.]

Defn: to beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of Stallions.