sinborn (sin born)

Born of sin; originating in or derived from sin; conceived in sin. Thus the sin - born monster answer'd soon: To me, who with eternal famine pine, Alike is hell, or paradise, or heaven. Milton , P. L., x. 596. sincerity the expre reason or condition. For follows the main proposition, and generally introduces that which is real ly continuative of the main proposition and of equal or nearly equal importance, the idea of giving a reason being subordinate. Sinceny ware. See ware2. sincere (sin-ser'), a. [Early mod. E. also syn cere; IMG:content-1099.png:[blocks in formation] since (sins), adv., prep., and conj. [ Saint George, that swinged the dragon, and e'er since Sits on his horse back at mine hoste ' door, Teach us some fence! Shak., K. John, ii. 1. 288. I hear Butler is made since Count of the Empire. Howell , Letters, I. vi. 30. Ireland was probably then [1654] a more agreeable residence for the higher cla es, as compared with England, than it has ever been before or since . Macaulay , Sir William Temple. 2. Before now; ago: with an adverbial phrase specifying the amount of time separating the event or time in question from the present: as, many years since ; not long since . This Church [of Amiens] was built by a certaine Bishop of this city, about foure hundred years since. Coryat, Crudities, I. 15. You know, if argument, or time, or love, Could reconcile, long since we had shook hands. Fletcher (and another ), Love's Cure, v. 3. Tennyson, Prince , iv. (song). In the North long since my nest is made. II. prep. Ever from the time of; throughout all the time following; continuously after and from; at some or any time during the period following; subsequently to. You know since Pentecost the sum is due. Shak., C. of E., iv. 1. 1. My last was of the first current, since which I received one from your Lordship. Howell, Letters, I. v. 29. Sam, who is a very good bottle companion, has been the diversion of his friends, upon account of his pa ion, ever since the year one you sand six hundred and eighty Add is on , Spectator, No. 89. one. A waste land, where no one comes, Or hath come, since the making of the world. Tennyson, Pa ing of Arthur. III. conj. 1. From the time when; in or dur A sin - absolver . Shak ., R. and J., iii. 3. 50. IMG:content-1100.png:[blocks in formation] A hundereth wyntyr, I watte wele, Is wente sen I this werke had wrought. York Plays , p. 49. IMG:content-1101.png:[blocks in formation] Sinapis (si-na'pis), n. [NL. (Linnæus, 1737), earlier Sinapi , sinapis , usually sinapi , senvy .] A former genus of Syn. 3. Because , Since, As , Inasmuch as, For. Because European and Asiatic cruciferous plants, including mustard, the type of the order. It is now regarded as a subgenus of Bra ica, and as such distinguished by its spreading petals, and se ile beaked and cylindrical or angled pods with globose seeds. This is still the officinal name of mustard, of which the seeds are laxative, stimulant, emetic, and rubefacient. See mustard. Sir J. Davies, Immortal. of Soul, xxx i. (originally by cause ) is strong and the most direct. Since, starting from the idea of mere sequence in time, is naturally le emphatic as to causation: its clause more often precedes the main proposition. As is still weaker, and, like since, generally brings in the reason before the main proposition: as or since the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain. Inasmuch as is the most formal and emphatic, being used only to mark rio us views have been held: (a) Sincerus, lit. 'without wax,' He tried a third, a tough well chosen spear; The inviolable body stood sincere, Though Cygnus then did no defence provide, But scornful offer'd his unshielded side. Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Meta morph., xii. 133. 2. Pure; unmixed; unadulterated; free from imitation; good throughout: as, sincere work. [Obsolete or archaic.] As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word [the spiritual milk which is without guile, R. V.]. 1 Pet. ii. 2. Wood is cheap And wine sincere outside the city gate. Browning , Ring and Book, II. 14. 3. Having no admixture; free; clear: followed by of. [Rare.] Our air, sincere of ceremonious haze, Forcing hard outlines mercile ly close. Lowell, Aga iz, lv. 26. 4. Unalloyed or unadulterated by deceit or unfriendline ; free from pretense or falsehood; honestly felt, meant, or intended: as, a sincere wish; a sincere effort. His love sincere , his thoughts immaculate. Shak., T. G. of V., ii. 7. 76. The instructions given them [the viceroys] by the Home Government show a sincere desire for the well-being of Ireland. Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent., xvi. 5. Free from duplicity or di imulation; honest in speech or intention; guilele ; truthful; frank. A woman is too sincere to mitigate the fury of her principles with temper and discretion. Add is on , Spectator, No. 57. If he is as deserving and sincere as you have represented him to me, he will never give you up so. Sheridan, The Rivals, i. 2. Man's great duty is not to be sincere , but to be right; to be so, and not to believe that he is so. H. B. Smith , System of Christian Theol., p. 190. 6. Morally pure; undepraved; upright; virtuous; blamele . of But now the bishop Turns insurrection to religion: Supposed sincere and holy in his thoughts, He's followed both with body and with mind. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., i. 1. 202. This Countrie is thought to haue beene the habitation Noah and his sincerer Familie. Yet how soone, and how much, they degenerated in the wicked off-spring of cursed Cham. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 78. A Predicant or preaching Frier, a man of sincere life and conuersation. Heywood , Hierarchy of Angels, p. 476. =Syn. 4 and 5. Fair , Open , etc. (see candid ); Cordial , Sincere, etc. (see hearty ), unfeigned, und is sembling, artle , heartfelt. sincerely (sin-sēr'li), adv. In a sincere manner, in any sense of the word sincere; wholly; purely; with truth; truly; really.