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assoon

English

Adverb

assoon

  1. Archaic spelling of as soon (as)....
    • 1661, Thomas Salusbury (translator), Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems:
      It was placed there assoon as you began to look upon the Wall's small unevennesses.
  2. (obsolete) As soon (as might be); immediately; forthwith.
    • 1340, Richard Rolle of Hampole, The Prick of Conscience:
      Thus shall end the dignity of Rome; and assoon after shall come the Antichrist.

References

  • John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “assoon”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

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aswoon

English

Etymology

a- +? swoon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??swu?n/
  • Rhymes: -u?n

Adverb

aswoon (not comparable)

  1. In a swoon.

References

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