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adv. [ OE. so, sa, swa, AS. swā; akin to OFries, sā, s&unr_;, D. zoo, OS. & OHG. s&unr_;, G. so, Icel. svā, sv&unr_;, svo, so, Sw. s&unr_;, Dan. saa, Goth. swa so, sw&unr_; as; cf. L. suus one's own, Skr. sva one's own, one's self. √192. Cf. As, Custom, Ethic, Idiom, Such. ] 1. In that manner or degree; as, indicated (in any way), or as implied, or as supposed to be known. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why is his chariot so long in coming? Judges v. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like reason; whith equal reason; -- used correlatively, following as, to denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch as. [ 1913 Webster ]

As a war should be undertaken upon a just motive, so a prince ought to consider the condition he is in. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with as or that following; as, he was so fortunate as to escape. [ 1913 Webster ]

I viewed in may mind, so far as I was able, the beginning and progress of a rising world. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is very much in Sir Roger's esteem, so that he lives in the family rather as a relation than dependent. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Very; in a high degree; that is, in such a degree as can not well be expressed; as, he is so good; he planned so wisely. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. In the same manner; as has been stated or suggested; in this or that condition or state; under these circumstances; in this way; -- with reflex reference to something just asserted or implied; used also with the verb to be, as a predicate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Use him [ your tutor ] with great respect yourself, and cause all your family to do so too. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

It concerns every man, with the greatest seriousness, to inquire into those matters, whether they be so or not. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is Sir Robert's son, and so art thou. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The case being such; therefore; on this account; for this reason; on these terms; -- used both as an adverb and a conjuction. [ 1913 Webster ]

God makes him in his own image an intellectual creature, and so capable of dominion. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here, then, exchange we mutually forgiveness;
So may the guilt of all my broken vows,
My perjuries to thee, be all forgotten. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. It is well; let it be as it is, or let it come to pass; -- used to express assent. [ 1913 Webster ]

And when 't is writ, for my sake read it over,
And if it please you, so; if not, why, so. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is Percy; if your father will do me any honor, so; if not, let him kill the next Percy himself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Well; the fact being as stated; -- used as an expletive; as, so the work is done, is it? [ 1913 Webster ]

9. Is it thus? do you mean what you say? -- with an upward tone; as, do you say he refuses? So? [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

10. About the number, time, or quantity specified; thereabouts; more or less; as, I will spend a week or so in the country; I have read only a page or so. [ 1913 Webster ]

A week or so will probably reconcile us. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ See the Note under Ill, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

So . . .
as. So is now commonly used as a demonstrative correlative of as when it is the puprpose to emphasize the equality or comparison suggested, esp. in negative assertions, and questions implying a negative answer. By Shakespeare and others so . . . as was much used where as . . . as is now common. See the Note under As, 1. [ 1913 Webster ] So do, as thou hast said. Gen. xviii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ] As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. Ps. ciii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ] Had woman been so strong as men. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] No country suffered so much as England. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] --
So far, to that point or extent; in that particular. “The song was moral, and so far was right.” Cowper. --
So far forth, as far; to such a degree. Shak. Bacon. --
So forth, further in the same or similar manner; more of the same or a similar kind. See And so forth, under And. --
So, so, well, well. “So, so, it works; now, mistress, sit you fast.” Dryden. Also, moderately or tolerably well; passably; as, he succeeded but so so. “His leg is but so so.” Shak. --
So that, to the end that; in order that; with the effect or result that. --
So then, thus then it is; therefore; the consequence is. [ 1913 Webster ]