\Sire\, n. [F. sire, originally, an older person. See
{Sir}.]
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. --Rom.
                                               of R.
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]. --Chaucer.
         And raise his issue, like a loving sire. --Shak.
4. A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
         [He] was the sire of an immortal strain. --Shelley.
5. The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to
   horses; as, the horse had a good sire.
Note: Sire is often used in composition; as in grandsire,
      grandfather; great-grandsire, great-grandfather.

\Sire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sired}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Siring}.]
To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of
stallions.