SINCE
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Since (sĭns), adv. [For sins, contr. fr. OE. sithens, sithenes, formed by an adverbial ending (cf. Besides) from OE. sithen, also shortened into sithe, sin, AS. siððan, syððan, seoððan, afterward, then, since, after; properly, after that; fr. s&ī;ð after, later, adv. and prep. (originally a comparative adv., akin to OS. s&ī;ð afterward, since, OHG. s&ī;d, G. seit since, Goth. seiþus late, ni þanaseiþs no longer) + ðon instrumental of the demonstrative and article. See That.] 1. From a definite past time until now; as, he went a month ago, and I have not seen him since.
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We since become the slaves to one man's lust.
B. Jonson.
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2. In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago.
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How many ages since has Virgil writ?
Roscommon.
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About two years since, it so fell out, that he was brought to a great lady's house.
Sir P. Sidney.
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3. When or that. [Obs.]
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Do you remember since we lay all night in the windmill in St. George's field?
Shak.
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Since, prep. From the time of; in or during the time subsequent to; subsequently to; after; -- usually with a past event or time for the object.
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The Lord hath blessed thee, since my coming.
Gen. xxx. 30.
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I have a model by which he build a nobler poem than any extant since the ancients.
Dryden.
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Since, conj. Seeing that; because; considering; -- formerly followed by that.
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Since that my penitence comes after all,
Imploring pardon.
Shak.
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Since truth and constancy are vain,
Since neither love, nor sense of pain,
Nor force of reason, can persuade,
Then let example be obeyed.
Granville.
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Syn. -- Because; for; as; inasmuch as; considering. See Because.
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