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sire

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SIRE

to become the father of <the champion racehorse went on to sire a long line of winners>

Synonyms beget, get, sire

Related Words multiply, procreate, propagate, reproduce, spawn; bear, engender, gender, generate, produce

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