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Sire
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- 1 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.
- 2 male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse wordnet
- 3 A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).
- 4 the founder of a family wordnet
- 5 A father; the head of a family; the husband. obsolete
"He but a Duke, would haue his Sonne a King, / And raiſe his iſſue like a louing Sire."
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- 6 a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority wordnet
- 7 A creator; a maker; an author; an originator. obsolete
"Most musical of mourners, weep again! / Lament anew, Urania!—He died, / Who was the sire of an immortal strain, […]"
- 8 The vampire who turned another person.
"There is a toxin in a vampire’s fangs that will infect its victim when the sire drinks deeply and fully of their blood."
- 1 To father; to beget. transitive
"In these travels, my father sired thirteen children in all, four boys and nine girls."
- 2 make (offspring) by reproduction wordnet
- 3 To turn (another person) into a vampire. transitive
"“Do you think they were wannabes, then? Groupies who found a willing vamp to sire them?”"
Etymology
From Middle English sire, from Old French sire, the nominative singular of seignor; from Latin senior, from senex. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, and sir. Cognate with French monsieur.
From Middle English sire, from Old French sire, the nominative singular of seignor; from Latin senior, from senex. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, and sir. Cognate with French monsieur.
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