Sō1, interj.
- Stand still;—a word used to cows, especially when being milked.
- (Naut.) Stop! avast!—an order to cease hauling upon any thing, when it has come to the right position. Dana.
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So
Sō2, adv.
adv. [A-S. swā, Goth. swa, Icel. svā, svo, so, Sw. så, Dan. saa, O. Sax., O. & N. H. Ger. so, O. Fries. sā, sō, D. zoo.]
Sense 1. In that manner or degree; as indicated in any way, or as implied, or as supposed to be known.
Why is his chariot so long in coming? Judg. v. 28.
Sense 2. In like manner or degree; in the way that; thus; for like reason; with equal reason;—used correlatively, following as, to denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch as.
As a war should be undertaken upon a just motive, so a prince ought to consider the condition he is in when he enters on it. Swift.
Sense 3. In such manner; to such degree;—used correlatively with as or that coming after; as, he was so fortunate as to escape.
I viewed in my mind, so far as I was able, the beginning and progress of a rising world. Burnet.
He is in Sir Roger's esteem, so that he lives in the family rather as a relation than dependent. Addison.
Sense 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.
Sense 5. In the same manner; as has been stated; 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.
Use your tutor with great respect, and cause all your family to do so too. Locke.
It concerns every man, with the greatest seriousness, to inquire whether these things are so or not. Tillotson.
Sense 6. Therefore; on this account; for this reason; on these terms;—used both as an adverb and a conjunction.
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.
Sense 7. It is well; let it be; be it so;—used to express assent.
There is Percy; if your father will do me any honor, so; if not, let him kill the next Percy himself. Shak.
Sense 8. Well; the fact being so;—used as an expletive; as, so the work is done, is it?
Sense 9. Is it thus? do you mean what you say?—with an upward tone. [Colloq.]
So forth, further in the same or a similar manner; more of the same or a similar kind.—So much as, however much. Instead of so, as is very frequently used—as much as, that much; whatever the quantity or degree may be.—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.
Sō3, conj.
conj. Provided that; on condition that; in case that.
Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Milton.