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    Since , 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. sīð after, later, adv. and prep. (originally a comparative adv., akin to OS. sīð afterward, since, OHG. sīd, 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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