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6. The case being such; therefore; on this account; for this reason; on these terms; — used both as an
adverb and a conjuction.
God makes him in his own image an intellectual creature, and so capable of dominion. Locke.
Here, then, exchange we mutually forgiveness;
So may the guilt of all my broken vows,
My perjuries to
thee, be all forgotten. Rowe. 7. It is well; let it be as it is, or let it come to pass; — used to express assent.
And when 't is writ, for my sake read it over,
And if it please you, so; if not, why, so. Shak.
There is Percy; if your father will do me any honor, so; if not, let him kill the next Percy himself. Shak. 8. Well; the fact being as stated; — used as an expletive; as, so the work is done, is it?
9. Is it thus? do you mean what you say? — with an upward tone; as, do you say he refuses? So?
[Colloq.]
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.
A week or so will probably reconcile us. Gay. See the Note under Ill, adv.
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.
So do, as thou hast said. Gen. xviii. 5.
As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. Ps. ciii. 15.
Had woman been so strong as men. Shak.
No country suffered so much as England. Macaulay. — 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.
So
(So) conj. Provided that; on condition that; in case that; if.
Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously,
by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Milton. So
(So), interj. Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as you are; — a word used esp. to cows; also
used by sailors.
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