sithence

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English

WOTD – 31 December 2008

Alternative forms

sithens

Etymology

From sithen +‎ -ence.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɪðəns/, /sɪˈðɛns/
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Adverb

sithence (not comparable)

(obsolete) Thereupon; subsequently, afterwards.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  Great threasure sithence we did finde
(obsolete) Since.

Conjunction

sithence

(obsolete) From or since the time that.
(archaic) Seeing that, since.
- c. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Who so list to hounte”, in Egerton MS 2711‎, page 7v:
  I leve of therefore
  ſithens in a nett I ſeke to hold the wynde
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes , book I, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC, page 93:
  Sithence it muſt continue ſo ſhort a time, and begunne ſo late […], there was no time to be loſt.

Synonyms

(from or since the time that): sithen; see also Thesaurus:since
(seeing that): given that, sith; see also Thesaurus:because

Preposition

sithence

(obsolete) Since.

Anagrams

Steichen, snitchee

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