Meanings
- archaicArchaic spelling of as soon (as)....
It was placed there assoon as you began to look upon the Wall's small unevennesses.
1661, Thomas Salusbury, transl., Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems1 more example
And assoone as shee saw them with her eyes, she doted vpon them, and sent messengers vnto them into Caldea.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 23:16 - obsoleteAs soon (as might be); immediately; forthwith.
Thus shall end the dignity of Rome; and assoon after shall come the Antichrist.
1340, Richard Rolle of Hampole, The Prick of Conscience
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