Sire
noun
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- ([old use] a father or male ancestor, [old use] a title of respect used to a king, [Poet.] a father or forefather) បា (សត្វឈ្មោល)
verb — past tense: sired ; past participle: sired ; present participle: siring ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (To beget, said esp. of animals) បង្កាត់ (កូន)
Example: That stallion sired a champion race horse.
Example: A filly sired by a famous racehorse.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
- 2.
- A lord, master, or other person in authority.
- 3.
- A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.
- 4.
- A father; the head of a family; the husband.
- 5.
- The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire.
verb — past tense: sired ; past participle: sired ; present participle: siring ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.
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- beget, breed, create, engender, father, generate, originate, procreate, produce, propagate
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- abort, destroy, extinguish, kill, murder