sire (n.)
- agent
- apprentice
- architect
- artificer
- artist
- author
- bear
- begetter
- beginner
- birth
- breed
- builder
- catalyst
- cause
- conceiver
- constructor
- craftsman
- creator
- crossbreed
- dad
- daddy
- dean
- designer
- deviser
- discoverer
- do
- doyen
- doyenne
- effect
- effector
- effendi
- elder
- eldest
- emir
- engineer
- executor
- executrix
- father
- found
- founder
- generate
- generator
- genitor
- get
- governor
- grower
- hatch
- industrialist
- initiator
- inspirer
- instigator
- institute
- inventor
- journeyman
- khan
- make
- maker
- manufacturer
- master
- mother
- mover
- occasion
- older
- organizer
- originator
- pa
- pap
- papa
- parent
- pater
- paterfamilias
- patriarch
- planner
- pop
- pops
- precursor
- produce
- producer
- raiser
- sahib
- senior
- shaper
- sirdar
- sirrah
- smith
- spawn
- stepfather
- work
- wright
sire (v.)
- apprentice
- author
- bear
- beget
- birth
- breed
- cause
- conceive
- copulate
- create
- crossbreed
- do
- effect
- effectuate
- engender
- engineer
- establish
- father
- found
- founder
- generate
- gestate
- get
- hatch
- inaugurate
- institute
- make
- master
- mother
- multiply
- occasion
- older
- originate
- parent
- pop
- procreate
- produce
- proliferate
- propagate
- realize
- spawn
- work
Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.
Gods! How the son degenerates from the sire!
For freedom's battle, once begun,
Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son,
Though baffled oft, is ever won.
