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   Sire , n. [F. sire, originally, an older person. See Sir.]
   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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   A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.
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   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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   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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   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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