sired
simple past tense and past participle of sire
• Desir, IDers, diers, dries, rides, rised, sider
Source: Wiktionary
Sire, n. Etym: [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.]
Definition: To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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