Sire /(?)/

1. A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir. [Obs.]

   Pain and distress, sickness and ire, And melancholy that angry sire, Be of her palace senators.

2. A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.
3. A father; the head of a family; the husband.

   Jankin thet was our sire [i.e., husband].

   And raise his issue, like a loving sire.

4. A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.

   [He] was the sire of an immortal strain.

5. The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire.

imp. & p. p. Sired; p. pr. & vb. n. Siring

1. To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.