siring

Variant of sire

sire definition

sire (sīr)

noun

    1. Archaic a person of authority; man of high rank
    2. a title of respect used in addressing a king, equivalent to “your majesty”
  2. Old Poet. a father or forefather
  3. the male parent of an animal, esp. of a four-legged mammal

Etymology: ME < OFr, a master < L senior: see senior

transitive verb sired, siring sir′·ing

to beget: said esp. of animals

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