Found 3 items, similar to sire.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: sire
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sire
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
sire
v : make children;
“Abraham begot Isaac”;
“Men often father
children but don't recognize them” [syn:
beget,
get,
engender,
father,
mother,
generate,
bring forth]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sire
Sire
\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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Note: Sire is often used in composition; as in grandsire,
grandfather; great-grandsire, great-grandfather.
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Sire
\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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