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sire

noun
🔊/ˈsaɪə(r)/
🔊/ˈsaɪər/
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  1. (specialist) the male parent of an animal, especially a horse雄性种畜；（尤指）公种马 compare dam
  2. (old use) a word that people used when they addressed a king（旧时对国王的称呼）陛下
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (in sense (2) of the noun): from Old French, from an alteration of Latin senior ‘older, older man’, comparative of senex, sen- ‘old man, old’. Sense (1) of the noun dates from the early 16th cent.

sire

verb
🔊/ˈsaɪə(r)/
🔊/ˈsaɪər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they sire
🔊/ˈsaɪə(r)/
🔊/ˈsaɪər/
he / she / it sires
🔊/ˈsaɪəz/
🔊/ˈsaɪərz/
past simple sired
🔊/ˈsaɪəd/
🔊/ˈsaɪərd/
past participle sired
🔊/ˈsaɪəd/
🔊/ˈsaɪərd/
-ing form siring
🔊/ˈsaɪərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈsaɪərɪŋ/
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  1. sire something to be the male parent of an animal, especially a horse（种马等雄性动物）生殖，繁殖
  2. sire something (old-fashioned or humorous) to become the father of a child成为父亲
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (in sense (2) of the noun): from Old French, from an alteration of Latin senior ‘older, older man’, comparative of senex, sen- ‘old man, old’. Sense (1) of the noun dates from the early 16th cent.