sithence
/ˈsɪðəns/
sithence adverb: thereupon; subsequently, afterwards.
Adverb
sithence (not comparable)
- Thereupon; subsequently, afterwards.
- Great threasure sithence we did finde1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Since.
Conjunction
sithence
- From or since the time that.
- Synonyms:
- sithen
- 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:
- given that
- I leve of therefore
Preposition
sithence
Synonyms of sithence
Forms of sithence
| alternative form | sithens |
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Origin of sithence
From sithen + -ence.
Words that rhyme with sithence
Questions about sithence
- What does sithence mean?
- Sithence means thereupon; subsequently, afterwards.
- What part of speech is sithence?
- Sithence can be an adverb, a conjunction or a preposition.
- How do you pronounce sithence?
- Sithence is pronounced /ˈsɪðəns/.
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