as't

/æzt/

A form of as — To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.

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Meanings

contraction
  1. abbreviationcontractionobsoleteContraction of as + it.

    All Volumes of this Subject here are ſet As’t were contracted in an Alphabet.

    1651, Samuel Clarke, A Generall Martyrologie, page 26
    1 more example

    Paradiſe, it had ſo much of the Lily, as’t had nothing of the Roſe ; yet there were iſtius modi paſſiones, quæ ordinatur ad bonum.

    1669, Nathanael Culverwel, An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature, page 102

Origin

Contraction 't.

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APA

as't. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as't

MLA

“as't.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as't. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “as't,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as't.

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