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sire

[ sahyuhr ]

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noun

the male parent of a quadruped.
a respectful term of address, now used only to a male sovereign.
Archaic.
1. a father or forefather.
2. a person of importance or in a position of authority, as a lord.

verb (used with object)

sired, siring.

to beget; procreate as the father.

sire

/ ��ɪə /

noun

a male parent, esp of a horse or other domestic animal
a respectful term of address, now used only in addressing a male monarch
obsolete.
a man of high rank

verb

tr (esp of a domestic animal) to father; beget

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Other Word Forms

��l�� adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sire¹

1175–1225; Middle English < Old French (nominative singular) < Vulgar Latin *seior, for Latin senior senior (compare French monsieur originally, my lord, with sieur < *��ō��-, oblique stem of *seior )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sire¹

C13: from Old French, from Latin senior an elder, from senex an old man

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Baffert’s influence can also be found in the breeding for this race with six having been sired by horses that Baffert has trained.

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He has sired five chicks and, alongside his partner is considered “the most dominant condor pair in the park,” according to the Oregon Zoo.

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Mouse pups sired by dysbiotic fathers showed significantly lower birth weights and an increased rate of postnatal mortality.

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He grew to nearly 15 feet tall and sired three offspring, who went on to other zoos.

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Both babies were sired by Kiburi, a 19-year-old silverback brought to the zoo from Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands as part of a conservation breeding program to help preserve the critically endangered gorilla subspecies.

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