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Webster 1913 Edition
Sire
1.
A lord, master, or other person in authority. See
Sir
. [Obs.]
Pain and distress, sickness and ire,
And melancholy that angry
Be of her palace senators.
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
. Shakespeare
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
☞ Sire is often used in composition; as in grandsire, grandfather; great-grandsire, great-grandfather.
Sire
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sired
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Siring
.] To beget; to procreate; – used of beasts, and especially of stallions.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sire
SIRE
,Noun.
1.
A father; used in poetry. And raise his issue like a loving sire.2.
The male parent of a beast; particularly used of horses; as, the horse had a good sire, but a bad dam.3.
It is used in composition; as in grandsire, for grandfather; great grandsire, great grandfather.SIRE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
Sire
sire
sire
English
Noun
sire (plural sires)
- A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.
- A male animal; a stud, especially a horse or dog, that has fathered another.
- (obsolete) A father; the head of a family; the husband.
- Shakespeare
- And raise his issue, like a loving sire.
- Shakespeare
- (obsolete) A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
- Shelley
- [He] was the sire of an immortal strain.
- Shelley
Translations
lord, master, or person in authority
male animal
Verb
sire (third-person singular simple present sires, present participle siring, simple past and past participle sired)
- (transitive, of a male) to procreate; to father, beget, impregnate, especially unintentionally.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 6:
- In these travels, my father sired thirteen children in all, four boys and nine girls.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 6:
Translations
to procreate
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French sire (nominative form), from Vulgar Latin *seior (used as a term of address), a contracted form of Latin senior (compare French seigneur, derived from the accusative form), perhaps influenced by maior. Doublet of senior.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siʁ/
Noun
sire m (plural sires)
Related terms
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Borrowing from Old French sire. See also sere. Doublet of signore.
Noun
sire m (invariable)