SOEVER

Etymology

Adverb

soever (not comparable)

(archaic) In any fashion, of any kind; used for emphasis after words such as how, what, which etc.

• ā€œHow long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.ā€ — Edward Coke

Anagrams

• ever so, ever-so-, everso

Source: Wiktionary


So*ev"er.

Definition: A word compounded of so and ever, used in composition with who, what, where, when, how, etc., and indicating any out of all possible or supposable persons, things, places, times, ways, etc. It is sometimes used separate from the pronoun or adverb. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required. Luke xii. 48. What great thing soever a man proposed to do in his life, he should think of achieving it by fifty. Sir W. Temple.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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