Definition of "sired" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of sire. (verb)

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• "Does he mean "sired" as in the breeding term for animals?"
• "There's another way in which a vampire can claim the name of Dracula - as the sign by which their lineage can be traced to the vampire who "sired" or embraced them."
• "Only now, a civilian in a packed mass of civilians, did he recognize what a mighty personage he then was -- a cock of the walk, saluted, "sired," treated with deference."