† sithenceadv.conj.prep.

Forms:

α. early Middle English syðnes, early Middle English syððenes, Middle English sithenes, Middle English sithenesse, Middle English sithenys, Middle English sitthenes, Middle English siþenes, Middle English siþens, Middle English sythenes, Middle English sythenis, Middle English sythenys, Middle English sytthenes, Middle English syþnes, Middle English–1600s sythens, Middle English–1700s (1800s archaic and regional) sithens, Middle English–1700s (1800s–1900s archaic and regional) sithence, late Middle English sithes (transmission error), 1500s siththence, 1500s sythins, 1500s sythnes (in print of lost Middle English MS), 1500s sythyns, 1500s–1600s sithins, 1500s–1700s sythence, 1600s (1800s archaic) sithance.

β. late Middle English sethenes, late Middle English sethyns, late Middle English seþenes, late Middle English seþenis, late Middle English seþins, late Middle English þeþins (transmission error), late Middle English–1600s sethens, 1500s sethence, 1500s sethienc (transmission error), 1500s sethins, 1600s seethence.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sithen adv., -s suffix¹.

Etymology: < sithen adv. + -s suffix¹. Compare later since adv.

Obsolete.

A. adv.

1. Then, thereupon; afterwards, subsequently; = sith adv. 1a. archaic in later use.In later use sometimes passing into sense A. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > after, afterwards, or later

sitheneOE

aftereOE

sithOE

eftOE

latterOE

aftOE

sithencea1170

sithrec1175

thereup?c1225

baftc1275

furtherc1290

eftsoon1297

therewithala1300

afterwardc1300

afterwardsc1300

soc1300

therewithc1369

eftersoonsa1400

suingly?a1425

at after1425

followingly?c1425

afterhand1438

syne1489

by posteriority1523

in sequel1524

still1526

later1527

subsequently1537

senthis?1553

lately1565

subsequent1568

behindc1600

sequelarly1600

posterior1628

in prosecutiona1641

subsequentiallya1683

artera1746

posteriorly1799

ulteriorly1818

later on1829

a1170 (?OE) Bounds (Sawyer 1208) in M. Gelling Place-names Berks. (1976) 686 Of dudden byrig, uppan eceles beorh, hwyrt ofer dunrihtes in to Ikenilde stret. Syððenes dunrihtes be þes heafdæceres westfurh.

a1225 ( Rule St. Benet (Winteney) (1888) iv. 25 Nang wilniȝe þæt me hiȝ telle hali, ær hieo hali sy, ac erer beon hali þæt hit syðnes maȝe þe seðlicer beon ȝesed.

1351 in Statutes of Realm (1810) I. 317 (MED) He is bounden..to cause the same to be kept as the Law of his Realm, though that by Sufferance and Negligence it hath been sithence attempted to the contrary.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. vi. l. 65 I wil sowe it my-self and sitthenes wil I wende To pylgrymage.

1479 R. Ricart Maire of Bristowe is Kalendar (1872) 69 [He] ordeigned by the same fro that tyme sethens, every mayre on Mighelmas daie to be chargid [etc.].

1561 N. Throckmorton in D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 132 Followed sithence again by me in audience.

1578 M. Jennings tr. E. de Maisonneufve Gerileon of Englande i. xxiv. f. 108^v They caried hym awaie, and sithence soulde hym to the Kyng of higher Mysia, for a greate Masse of Money.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 31 The slaves were not sithence seene, by whom they beleived the Prince to bee betraied.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 94 Certain principall Persons, conceived signall for Sanctity in that Age, and sithence put into the Calender of their Saints.

1757 J. Dyer Fleece ii. 61 Sithence, the fleeces of Arcadian plains..bore esteem.

1764 Hiram 6 Sithence, long Time after, when the Children of Israel were come into Jehu..King David began the Temple of the Lord.

1922 E. R. Eddison Worm Ouroboros iv. 46 Long ago had Gorice VII. practised forbidden arts therein... Sithence was the chamber sealed.

2. With reference to a continuous action or situation: from a previously specified time in the past until now, or until the time being considered. Frequently with ever; = sith adv. 2. archaic in later use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > since > continuously or ever since

sithOE

sithenOE

sithence?a1425

syne?a1425

since1470

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 199 (MED) So eueremore sithens [?a1425 Egerton seyne; Fr. depuis] he is clept Prestre Iohn.

1553 in tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obedientia: Oration (new ed.) Pref. sig. A.iiii^v Englande hathe been devided from the catholike faithe and churche, sithence that power was abolished.

1560 in R. G. Marsden Sel. Pleas Court Admiralty (1897) II. 119 Our said subjectes have feared ever sethence to trime..any shippes of warr.

1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. F2 Ever sithence, it hath bene a by-word: an Almond for the Parrat.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 684 Euer sithence the British nation hath continued..dutifully in their loyall allegiance.

1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 103 The Defendant was in his service before the day given by the Essoin,..and every time sithence.

1893 E. S. Holt All's Well xxiv. 200 He conformed when the Queen came in, and ever sithence have I regarded him as a good Catholic enough.

3. With reference to a discrete or discontinuous action or situation: at some or any time between a previously specified time in the past and now, or between then and the time being considered; = sith adv. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > since

sithenOE

sitha1350

sithence1529

since1549

1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters iii. ix. f. lxxxi^v/1 Syth that tyme Tindall hath put owte..a nother boke... And yet hathe he sythens put forth a wors.

1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 18 Long since there was an Istmus.., although the Sea hath sithence fretted the same in sunder.

1607 J. Carpenter Plaine Mans Spirituall Plough Ep. Ded. p. vi That..which I have sithence conceived and thus brought forth.

1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 35 What Goods, and Chattels, he had at the time of committing the said Treason, or at any time sithence.

4. With another temporal adverb or adverbial phrase, esp. long, or with a noun phrase denoting a period of time: ago, before now; = sith adv. 4.Very common between the mid 16th and mid 17th centuries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > ago

agoc1350

sitha1375

hencea1382

sithena1400

agone1420

sin1490

sithence1537

since1555

syne1573

ygo1579

aback1768

back1797

pass1971

1537 tr. Protestation Moste Redoubted Kynge Englande sig. A.ii^v We haue taken vppon vs, longe sythens, the defence of religion.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark i. f. 9 The Prophetes so many hundred yeares sythens prophecied.

1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Rome in Complaints ix Why haue your hands long sithence traueiled To frame this world?

1619 Bp. J. King Serm. Publicke Thanks-giuing 10 Well-nigh fifteene yeeres sithence.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 135 Seeing Devotion..long sithence hath desisted to expresse itself in such pompous Buildings.

1682 W. Dugdale Antient Usage 24 Thus have I set down unto you..the use that antiquity followed in a very glorious line, for Lords, Knights and Gentlemen, which flourished divers hundreds of years sithence.

B. conj.

a. Seeing that, given that; for the reason that, because; = sith conj. 4a. archaic in later use.Very common between the mid 16th and mid 17th centuries.

ΚΠ

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xix. l. 15 Why calle ȝe hym cryst..sithenes iuwes calle hym ihesus?

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 559 Sithens þow hast hym bete.., it were no reson þat I shuld bere þe gilt.

1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xli. 205 What you auayleth suche treasure to take Sythens by force ye must it now forsake.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. H6 Sithens silence lesseneth not my fire,..I will reuele, what ye so much desire.

1626 J. Yates Ibis ad Cæsarem ii. 1 Well might he say so, sithence none that is sound and Orthodox, professeth any other societie.

1644 J. Birkenhead Serm. 3 We must be subject, sithence there is no power but of God.

1652 Norton's Ordinal of Alchemy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 60 Sithens our Tincture must be most pure and faire.

c1709 M. Prior 1st Hymn Callimachus 16 Holy Retreat! Sithence no Female hither..Must dare approach.

1798 W. Sotheby tr. C. M. Wieland Oberon iv. xlviii Sithence our Drusi prince is loathsome grown,..she sees him not without disdain.

1857 H. S. Riddell Book of Psalms in Lowland Scotch (xxiii. 8) 18 He trustet in the Lord that he wad delifer him: let him do sae now, sithens he delichtet in him.

1898 E. W. Hamilton Mawkin of Flow xiii It's our plain duty to bide by it, sithens we was sent by Buccleuch to be guided by the hound.

b. Followed by that; = sith conj. 4b.

ΚΠ

c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 216 How might Robert Holonde fynde in his hert me to bitraye, siþens þat y haue Louede him so miche?

c1415 (c1390) G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale (Corpus Oxf.) (1871) l. 1619 This marchaunt seyh þer was no remedye..Seþins [c1405 Hengwrt Syn] þat þe þing may nought amended be.

1535 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (1876) 385 Studiouslie to keepe it, sithens that you haue it once.

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 89 But sithens that sicke men are not to prescribe diots but to keepe them I am ready to take potions.

?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. x. 40 For sithens that by their meanes..we attaine to all knowledge [etc.].

2. After, subsequent to, or since the time in the past when (also with that); = sith conj. 1, 2a, 3.

ΚΠ

c1415 (c1390) G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale (Corpus Oxf.) (1871) l. 1220 Þis ȝonge monk..Aqueynted was so wiþ þis goode man Siþenes [c1405 Hengwrt Sith] þat here firste knowleche bygan.

c1455 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Harl. 1758) (1877) §771 Sethyns [c1405 Ellesmere sith] the tyme of grace cam, God ordeyned that som folk schulde be more hye in estate..& som folke more lowe.

1557 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 387 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 Sethienc [sic] the said Colladge was furste..unitid together.

1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse vii. f. 10^v It is a great while paste sithens we two sawe eche other.

1606 True Relation Proc. at Arraignm. Late Traitors sig. H3 Such as were made Priestes sithence her Maiestie came to the Crowne.

C. prep.

1. With reference to a continuous action or situation: from a specified time, event, etc., until now (or the time being considered); = sith prep. 2.

ΚΠ

1483 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 102 The revenues of the same.., sethens Michilmesse last past.

1556 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Var. Coll. (1907) IV. 221 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 3218) LXIV. 1 Ever sithens the begynnyng of Kyng Edwarde the VIth untill this tyme.

a1600 R. Hooker Serm. Jude's Epist. in Eccl. Polity & Other Wks. (1830) III. 471 This hath been the state of the Church sithence the beginning.

1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 8 For soe much doe I finde to be called Dyuett seethence the conquest.

1628 Abp. J. Williams Serm. 6 Apr. 17 What life you see in me, sithence that happy houre I first applyed to my soule the passion of my Sauiour.

2. With reference to a discrete or discontinuous action or situation: at some or any time between a specified time, event, etc., and now (or the time being considered); = sith prep. 1.

ΚΠ

1536 in T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. (1655) v. 209 It was never merry in England, sithence the Letany was ordained.

1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. D1^v Sithence the Tridentine Councill, some Popish printers haue left out the..Prologue.

1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 29 Sithence the remembrance of later times, a larger Emperie hath not befallen any christian potentate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	sithence
释义	† sithenceadv.conj.prep. Forms: α. early Middle English syðnes, early Middle English syððenes, Middle English sithenes, Middle English sithenesse, Middle English sithenys, Middle English sitthenes, Middle English siþenes, Middle English siþens, Middle English sythenes, Middle English sythenis, Middle English sythenys, Middle English sytthenes, Middle English syþnes, Middle English–1600s sythens, Middle English–1700s (1800s archaic and regional) sithens, Middle English–1700s (1800s–1900s archaic and regional) sithence, late Middle English sithes (transmission error), 1500s siththence, 1500s sythins, 1500s sythnes (in print of lost Middle English MS), 1500s sythyns, 1500s–1600s sithins, 1500s–1700s sythence, 1600s (1800s archaic) sithance. β. late Middle English sethenes, late Middle English sethyns, late Middle English seþenes, late Middle English seþenis, late Middle English seþins, late Middle English þeþins (transmission error), late Middle English–1600s sethens, 1500s sethence, 1500s sethienc (transmission error), 1500s sethins, 1600s seethence. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sithen adv., -s suffix¹. Etymology: < sithen adv. + -s suffix¹. Compare later since adv. Obsolete. A. adv. 1. Then, thereupon; afterwards, subsequently; = sith adv. 1a. archaic in later use.In later use sometimes passing into sense A. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > after, afterwards, or later sitheneOE aftereOE sithOE eftOE latterOE aftOE sithencea1170 sithrec1175 thereup?c1225 baftc1275 furtherc1290 eftsoon1297 therewithala1300 afterwardc1300 afterwardsc1300 soc1300 therewithc1369 eftersoonsa1400 suingly?a1425 at after1425 followingly?c1425 afterhand1438 syne1489 by posteriority1523 in sequel1524 still1526 later1527 subsequently1537 senthis?1553 lately1565 subsequent1568 behindc1600 sequelarly1600 posterior1628 in prosecutiona1641 subsequentiallya1683 artera1746 posteriorly1799 ulteriorly1818 later on1829 a1170 (?OE) Bounds (Sawyer 1208) in M. Gelling Place-names Berks. (1976) 686 Of dudden byrig, uppan eceles beorh, hwyrt ofer dunrihtes in to Ikenilde stret. Syððenes dunrihtes be þes heafdæceres westfurh. a1225 ( Rule St. Benet (Winteney) (1888) iv. 25 Nang wilniȝe þæt me hiȝ telle hali, ær hieo hali sy, ac erer beon hali þæt hit syðnes maȝe þe seðlicer beon ȝesed. 1351 in Statutes of Realm (1810) I. 317 (MED) He is bounden..to cause the same to be kept as the Law of his Realm, though that by Sufferance and Negligence it hath been sithence attempted to the contrary. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. vi. l. 65 I wil sowe it my-self and sitthenes wil I wende To pylgrymage. 1479 R. Ricart Maire of Bristowe is Kalendar (1872) 69 [He] ordeigned by the same fro that tyme sethens, every mayre on Mighelmas daie to be chargid [etc.]. 1561 N. Throckmorton in D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 132 Followed sithence again by me in audience. 1578 M. Jennings tr. E. de Maisonneufve Gerileon of Englande i. xxiv. f. 108^v They caried hym awaie, and sithence soulde hym to the Kyng of higher Mysia, for a greate Masse of Money. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 31 The slaves were not sithence seene, by whom they beleived the Prince to bee betraied. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 94 Certain principall Persons, conceived signall for Sanctity in that Age, and sithence put into the Calender of their Saints. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece ii. 61 Sithence, the fleeces of Arcadian plains..bore esteem. 1764 Hiram 6 Sithence, long Time after, when the Children of Israel were come into Jehu..King David began the Temple of the Lord. 1922 E. R. Eddison Worm Ouroboros iv. 46 Long ago had Gorice VII. practised forbidden arts therein... Sithence was the chamber sealed. 2. With reference to a continuous action or situation: from a previously specified time in the past until now, or until the time being considered. Frequently with ever; = sith adv. 2. archaic in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > since > continuously or ever since sithOE sithenOE sithence?a1425 syne?a1425 since1470 ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 199 (MED) So eueremore sithens [?a1425 Egerton seyne; Fr. depuis] he is clept Prestre Iohn. 1553 in tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obedientia: Oration (new ed.) Pref. sig. A.iiii^v Englande hathe been devided from the catholike faithe and churche, sithence that power was abolished. 1560 in R. G. Marsden Sel. Pleas Court Admiralty (1897) II. 119 Our said subjectes have feared ever sethence to trime..any shippes of warr. 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. F2 Ever sithence, it hath bene a by-word: an Almond for the Parrat. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 684 Euer sithence the British nation hath continued..dutifully in their loyall allegiance. 1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 103 The Defendant was in his service before the day given by the Essoin,..and every time sithence. 1893 E. S. Holt All's Well xxiv. 200 He conformed when the Queen came in, and ever sithence have I regarded him as a good Catholic enough. 3. With reference to a discrete or discontinuous action or situation: at some or any time between a previously specified time in the past and now, or between then and the time being considered; = sith adv. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > since sithenOE sitha1350 sithence1529 since1549 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters iii. ix. f. lxxxi^v/1 Syth that tyme Tindall hath put owte..a nother boke... And yet hathe he sythens put forth a wors. 1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 18 Long since there was an Istmus.., although the Sea hath sithence fretted the same in sunder. 1607 J. Carpenter Plaine Mans Spirituall Plough Ep. Ded. p. vi That..which I have sithence conceived and thus brought forth. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 35 What Goods, and Chattels, he had at the time of committing the said Treason, or at any time sithence. 4. With another temporal adverb or adverbial phrase, esp. long, or with a noun phrase denoting a period of time: ago, before now; = sith adv. 4.Very common between the mid 16th and mid 17th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > ago agoc1350 sitha1375 hencea1382 sithena1400 agone1420 sin1490 sithence1537 since1555 syne1573 ygo1579 aback1768 back1797 pass1971 1537 tr. Protestation Moste Redoubted Kynge Englande sig. A.ii^v We haue taken vppon vs, longe sythens, the defence of religion. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark i. f. 9 The Prophetes so many hundred yeares sythens prophecied. 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Rome in Complaints ix Why haue your hands long sithence traueiled To frame this world? 1619 Bp. J. King Serm. Publicke Thanks-giuing 10 Well-nigh fifteene yeeres sithence. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 135 Seeing Devotion..long sithence hath desisted to expresse itself in such pompous Buildings. 1682 W. Dugdale Antient Usage 24 Thus have I set down unto you..the use that antiquity followed in a very glorious line, for Lords, Knights and Gentlemen, which flourished divers hundreds of years sithence. B. conj. 1. a. Seeing that, given that; for the reason that, because; = sith conj. 4a. archaic in later use.Very common between the mid 16th and mid 17th centuries. ΚΠ c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xix. l. 15 Why calle ȝe hym cryst..sithenes iuwes calle hym ihesus? c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 559 Sithens þow hast hym bete.., it were no reson þat I shuld bere þe gilt. 1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xli. 205 What you auayleth suche treasure to take Sythens by force ye must it now forsake. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. H6 Sithens silence lesseneth not my fire,..I will reuele, what ye so much desire. 1626 J. Yates Ibis ad Cæsarem ii. 1 Well might he say so, sithence none that is sound and Orthodox, professeth any other societie. 1644 J. Birkenhead Serm. 3 We must be subject, sithence there is no power but of God. 1652 Norton's Ordinal of Alchemy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 60 Sithens our Tincture must be most pure and faire. c1709 M. Prior 1st Hymn Callimachus 16 Holy Retreat! Sithence no Female hither..Must dare approach. 1798 W. Sotheby tr. C. M. Wieland Oberon iv. xlviii Sithence our Drusi prince is loathsome grown,..she sees him not without disdain. 1857 H. S. Riddell Book of Psalms in Lowland Scotch (xxiii. 8) 18 He trustet in the Lord that he wad delifer him: let him do sae now, sithens he delichtet in him. 1898 E. W. Hamilton Mawkin of Flow xiii It's our plain duty to bide by it, sithens we was sent by Buccleuch to be guided by the hound. b. Followed by that; = sith conj. 4b. ΚΠ c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 216 How might Robert Holonde fynde in his hert me to bitraye, siþens þat y haue Louede him so miche? c1415 (c1390) G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale (Corpus Oxf.) (1871) l. 1619 This marchaunt seyh þer was no remedye..Seþins [c1405 Hengwrt Syn] þat þe þing may nought amended be. 1535 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (1876) 385 Studiouslie to keepe it, sithens that you haue it once. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 89 But sithens that sicke men are not to prescribe diots but to keepe them I am ready to take potions. ?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. x. 40 For sithens that by their meanes..we attaine to all knowledge [etc.]. 2. After, subsequent to, or since the time in the past when (also with that); = sith conj. 1, 2a, 3. ΚΠ c1415 (c1390) G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale (Corpus Oxf.) (1871) l. 1220 Þis ȝonge monk..Aqueynted was so wiþ þis goode man Siþenes [c1405 Hengwrt Sith] þat here firste knowleche bygan. c1455 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Harl. 1758) (1877) §771 Sethyns [c1405 Ellesmere sith] the tyme of grace cam, God ordeyned that som folk schulde be more hye in estate..& som folke more lowe. 1557 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 387 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 Sethienc [sic] the said Colladge was furste..unitid together. 1566 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse vii. f. 10^v It is a great while paste sithens we two sawe eche other. 1606 True Relation Proc. at Arraignm. Late Traitors sig. H3 Such as were made Priestes sithence her Maiestie came to the Crowne. C. prep. 1. With reference to a continuous action or situation: from a specified time, event, etc., until now (or the time being considered); = sith prep. 2. ΚΠ 1483 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 102 The revenues of the same.., sethens Michilmesse last past. 1556 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Var. Coll. (1907) IV. 221 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 3218) LXIV. 1 Ever sithens the begynnyng of Kyng Edwarde the VIth untill this tyme. a1600 R. Hooker Serm. Jude's Epist. in Eccl. Polity & Other Wks. (1830) III. 471 This hath been the state of the Church sithence the beginning. 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 8 For soe much doe I finde to be called Dyuett seethence the conquest. 1628 Abp. J. Williams Serm. 6 Apr. 17 What life you see in me, sithence that happy houre I first applyed to my soule the passion of my Sauiour. 2. With reference to a discrete or discontinuous action or situation: at some or any time between a specified time, event, etc., and now (or the time being considered); = sith prep. 1. ΚΠ 1536 in T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. (1655) v. 209 It was never merry in England, sithence the Letany was ordained. 1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. D1^v Sithence the Tridentine Councill, some Popish printers haue left out the..Prologue. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 29 Sithence the remembrance of later times, a larger Emperie hath not befallen any christian potentate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.conj.prep.a1170
随便看	θ201179 θ20118 θ201180 θ201181 θ201182 θ201183 θ201184 θ201185 θ201186 θ201187 θ201188 θ201189 θ20119 θ201190 θ201191 θ201192 θ201193 θ201194 θ201195 θ201196 θ201197 θ201198 θ201199 θ2012 θ20120