assoon

adv — 2 senses

assoon

adv
1

Archaic Archaic spelling of as soon (as)....

  • 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:
  • 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 Systems:
2

Obsolete As 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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