Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sire"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

sire
n 1: a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and
authority
2: the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
[syn: {forefather}, {father}]
3: male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such
as a horse
v : make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father
children but don't recognize them" [syn: {beget}, {get},
{engender}, {father}, {mother}, {generate}, {bring forth}]


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