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   Sire (?), n. [F. sire, originally, an older person. See Sir.]
   1. A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir. [Obs.]
   
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   Pain and distress, sickness and ire,
   
   And melancholy that angry sire,
   
   Be of her palace senators. Rom. of R.
   
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   2. A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.
   
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   3. A father; the head of a family; the husband.
   
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   Jankin thet was our sire [i.e., husband]. Chaucer.
   
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   And raise his issue, like a loving sire. Shak.
   
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   4. A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
   
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   [He] was the sire of an immortal strain. Shelley.
   
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   5. The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, “the horse had a good sire”.
   
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   ☞ Sire is often used in composition; as in grandsire, grandfather; great-grandsire, great-grandfather.
   
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   Sire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Siring.] To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.
   
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