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conjunction

Since conj. Seeing that; because; considering; formerly followed by that. "Since that my penitence comes after all, Imploring pardon." "Since truth and constancy are vain, Since neither love, nor sense of pain, Nor force of reason, can persuade, Then let example be obeyed."

Synonyms: Because; for; as; inasmuch as; considering. See Because.

preposition

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. "The Lord hath blessed thee, since my coming." "I have a model by which he build a nobler poem than any extant since the ancients."

adverb

Since adv.

From a definite past time until now; as, he went a month ago, and I have not seen him since. "We since become the slaves to one man's lust."

In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago. "How many ages since has Virgil writ?" "About two years since, it so fell out, that he was brought to a great lady's house."

When or that. (Obs.) "Do you remember since we lay all night in the windmill in St. George's field?"

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"Since" Quotes from Famous Books

... wishes, and issue what it likes, with no fear of harm to itself, and with no substantial check but its own inclination. For nearly a quarter of a century, the Bank of England was such a bank, for all that time it could not be in any danger. And naturally the public mind was demoralised also. Since 1797, the public have always expected the Government to help the Bank if necessary. I cannot fully discuss the suspensions of the Act of 1844 in 1847, 1857, and 1866; but indisputably one of their effects is to make people think that Government will always ...

— Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market • Walter Bagehot

... go forward. He did not doubt, he said, that the justice of his cause would prevail. He was hopeful that there might be a defection in the enemy's army, and that many would declare for him. He was so very bent on putting all to the risk, that the Duke of Perth was for it, since his Royal Highness was. At last he proposed going to Wales instead of returning to Carlisle; but every other officer declared his opinion for a retreat. These are nearly the words of Lord George Murray. We are elsewhere told that the Prince condescended to use entreaties to induce ...

— Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems • W.E. Aytoun

... science and literature, and to public libraries. We are, therefore, to regard this volume, not merely as a legacy of Mr. Calhoun to his countrymen, but as conveying to us the sentiments of South Carolina with regard to her rights and duties as a member of the Union. Events since its publication have shown us that it is more even than this. The assemblage of troublesome communities which we have been accustomed to style "the South," adopted this work as their political gospel. From this source the ...

— Famous Americans of Recent Times • James Parton

... realm of sound (which may be unemotional enough) and become musicians for the nonce. Music brings its sympathetic ministry only to emotional moments; there it merges with common existence, and is a welcome substitute for descriptive ideas, since it co-operates with us and helps to deliver us from dumb subjection to influences which we should not know how to meet otherwise. There is often in what moves us a certain ruthless persistence, together with a certain poverty ...

— The Life of Reason • George Santayana

... Limitation 1. Since God alone is perfectly worthy, worship is now ascribed usually to God alone: any act of mind or body acknowledging the worthiness of God may still be called an Act of Worship. For instance, in Col. iii. 17-iv. 1, the duties of ...

— The Prayer Book Explained • Percival Jackson

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