adv. | 1. | From a definite past time until now; |
2. | In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago. | |
3. | When or that. | |
prep. | 1. | From the time of; in or during the time subsequent to; subsequently to; after; - usually with a past event or time for the object. |
conj. | 1. | Seeing that; because; considering; - formerly followed by that. |