sithence

• sithens

From sithen +‎ -ence.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪðəns/, /sɪˈðɛns/

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sithence (not comparable)

1. (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

2. (obsolete) Since.

sithence

1. (obsolete) From or since the time that.
2. (archaic) Seeing that, since.
   • c. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Who so list to hounte”, in Egerton MS 2711‎^[1], 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[entine] 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.

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

sithence

1. (obsolete) Since.

• Steichen, snitchee