sithence

adv, conj, prep — 5 senses

sithence

adv

/ˈsɪðəns/ · /sɪˈðɛns/

Etymology From sithen + -ence.

1

Obsolete Thereupon; subsequently, afterwards.

Great threasure sithence we did finde1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

2

Obsolete Since.

sithence

conj

Etymology From sithen + -ence.

1

Obsolete From or since the time that.

2

Archaic Seeing that, since.

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

Synonyms: sithen, given that, sith

sithence

prep

Etymology From sithen + -ence.

1

Obsolete Since.

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