sire
verb/ˈsaɪə(r)/
/ˈsaɪər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sire | /ˈsaɪə(r)/ /ˈsaɪər/ |
| he / she / it sires | /ˈsaɪəz/ /ˈsaɪərz/ |
| past simple sired | /ˈsaɪəd/ /ˈsaɪərd/ |
| past participle sired | /ˈsaɪəd/ /ˈsaɪərd/ |
| -ing form siring | /ˈsaɪərɪŋ/ /ˈsaɪərɪŋ/ |
- sire something to be the male parent of an animal, especially a horse
- sire something (old-fashioned or humorous) to become the father of a child
Word OriginMiddle English (in sense (2) of the noun): from Old French, from an alteration of Latin senior ‘older, older man’, comparative of senex, sen- ‘old man, old’. Sense (1) of the noun dates from the early 16th cent.
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