sired

Verb

sire (third-person singular simple present sires, present participle siring, simple past and past participle sired)

1. (transitive) To father; to beget.
   • In these travels, my father sired thirteen children in all, four boys and nine girls.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 6
2. (transitive) To turn (another person) into a vampire.
   • “Do you think they were wannabes, then? Groupies who found a willing vamp to sire them?”2008, Yasmine Galenorn, Darkling, page 34

   Synonyms:

   turn, vampirize

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