Do you remember since we lay all night in the windmill in St.
George's field?
Shak.
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, 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.
Sin*cere" (?), a. [Compar. Sincerer (?); superl. Sincerest.] [L.
sincerus, of uncertain origin; the first part perhaps akin to sin- in
singuli (see Single), 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.