I. ˈsī(ə)r, -īə noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin senior older, elder — more at senior
1.
a. : a male parent : father
carried almost as many business burdens as his sire — R.J.Purcell
b. archaic : male ancestor : forefather
we are wiser than our sires — Alfred Tennyson
c. : one that produces or originates something ; specifically : author
the sire of an immortal strain — P.B.Shelley
2.
a. archaic : a man of rank, station, or authority ; especially : one who holds the lordship of a domain or realm : lord , master — used formerly as a form of address and as a title (as of the king of France)
b. obsolete : an elderly man : senior
an aged sire , all hoary gray — Edmund Spenser
3.
a. : the male parent of an animal and especially of a domesticated mammal or bird — compare dam
b. : a stallion having at least one colt who has won a race
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
1. : to make oneself the father of : father , beget , procreate
sired seven children — Green Peyton
— used especially of domestic animals
was mated with 25 ewes and sired 18 lambs — Fla. Agric. Experimental Station Bulletin
2.
a. : to bring into being : generate , originate
motion picture industry, sired and nourished by private enterprise — W.H.Hays
b. : to be the author of (a literary work)
sired another play — E.L.Wallant