So . . . as Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions

1. . 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.