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1. Make children
   "Abraham sired Isaac"
   - beget [archaic], get, engender [archaic], father, mother, generate, bring forth

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 sires"
   - forefather, father
    
3. Male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse

Derived forms: sires, siring, sired

Type of: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, create, Lord, make, male, noble, nobleman, root

Encyclopedia: Sire