Chapter Simple-hearted to Sincerity of S by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

after that; fr. sið after, later, adv. and prep. (originally a comparative adv., akin to OS. sið afterward, since, OHG. sid, G. seit since, Goth. seiþus late, ni þanaseiþs no longer) + ðon 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.
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We since become the slaves to one man's lust.

B. Jonson.

2. In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago.

How many ages since has Virgil writ?

Roscommon.

About two years since, it so fell out, that he was brought to a great lady's house.

Sir P. Sidney.

3. When or that. [Obs.]

Do you remember since we lay all night in the windmill in St. George's field?

Shak.

Since
(Since), prep. 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.

Gen. xxx. 30.

I have a model by which he build a nobler poem than any extant since the ancients.

Dryden.

Since
(Since), conj. Seeing that; because; considering; — formerly followed by that.

Since that my penitence comes after all,
Imploring pardon.

Shak.

Since truth and constancy are vain,
Since neither love, nor sense of pain,
Nor force of reason, can persuade,
Then let example be obeyed.

Granville.

Syn. — Because; for; as; inasmuch as; considering. See Because.

Sincere
(Sin*cere") a. [Compar. Sincerer ; superl. Sincerest.] [L. sincerus, of uncertain origin; the first part perhaps akin to sin- in singuli and the second to cernere to separate (cf. Discern): cf. F. sincère.]

1. Pure; unmixed; unadulterated.

There is no sincere acid in any animal juice.

Arbuthnot.

A joy which never was sincere till now.

Dryden.

2. Whole; perfect; unhurt; uninjured. [Obs.]

The inviolable body stood sincere.

Dryden.

3. Being in reality what it appears to be; having a character which corresponds with the appearance; not falsely assumed; genuine; true; real; as, a sincere desire for knowledge; a sincere contempt for meanness.

A sincere intention of pleasing God in all our actions.

Law.

4. Honest; free from hypocrisy or dissimulation; as, a sincere friend; a sincere person.

The more sincere you are, the better it will fare with you at the great day of account.

Waterland.