Since
Since (sins) , adverb
[For sins, contr. from Old English sithens, sithenes, formed by an adverbial ending (compare Besides) from Old English sithen, also shortened into sithe, sin, Anglo-Saxon sieean, syeean, seoeean, afterward, then, since, after; properly, after that; from sīe after, later, adv. and prep. (originally a comparative adv., akin to Old Saxon sīe afterward, since, Old High German sīd, German seit since, Gothic seiþus late, ni þanaseiþs no longer) + eon instrumental of the demonstrative and article. See That.]
1.
From a definite past time until now; as, he went a month ago, and I have not seen him since.
We since become the slaves to one man's lust.
2.
In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago.
How many ages since has Virgil writ?
About two years since, it so fell out, that he was brought to a great lady's house.
3.
When or that. [Obsolete]
Do you remember since we lay all night in the windmill in St. George's field?
Since , preposition
From the time of; in or during the time subsequent to; subsequently to; after; -- usually with a past event or time for the object.
The Lord hath blessed thee, since my coming.
I have a model by which he build a nobler poem than any extant since the ancients.
Since , conjunction
Seeing that; because; considering; -- formerly followed by that.
Since that my penitence comes after all,
Imploring pardon.
Since truth and constancy are vain,
Since neither love, nor sense of pain,
Nor force of reason, can persuade,
Then let example be obeyed.