As
[æz,əz]
[æz;əz] or [æz,əz]
Definition
(adv. & conj.) Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden.
(adv. & conj.) In the idea, character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet.
(adv. & conj.) While; during or at the same time that; when; as, he trembled as he spoke.
(adv. & conj.) Because; since; it being the case that.
(adv. & conj.) Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning).
(adv. & conj.) That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such.
(adv. & conj.) As if; as though.
(adv. & conj.) For instance; by way of example; thus; -- used to introduce illustrative phrases, sentences, or citations.
(adv. & conj.) Than.
(adv. & conj.) Expressing a wish.
(n.) An ace.
(n.) A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces.
(n.) A Roman copper coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.); but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces; in the second Punic war, to one ounce; and afterwards to half an ounce.
Typist: Lycurgus
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [1]. In the manner that.[2]. Like, similar to, for example, of the same kind with, in the same manner with.[3]. Viewed like, taken in the character of, considered in the state of.[4]. While, during the time that, at the same time that.[5]. Because, since, for the reason that.[6]. To the degree that, in the same proportion that.[7]. Being of the kind which, being of the class who.
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Definition
adv. conj. and pron. in that degree so far as ... as: the consequent in a co-relation expressing quantity degree &c. as ... as such ... as same ... as: since because: when while: expressing merely continuation or expansion for instance: similarly: for example: while: in like manner: that who which (after such same).—As concerning As to As for so far as concerns; As it were so to speak in some sort; As much the same; As well (as) just as much (as) equally (with).
n. in Norse mythology one of the gods the inhabitants of Asgard:—pl. Aesir (ā′ser).
n. Latin unit of weight 12 ounces (L. unci): a copper coin the unit of the early monetary system of Rome.
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Examples
- As a walking companion, Emma had very early foreseen how useful she might find her. Jane Austen. Emma.
- She had always a new bonnet on, and flowers bloomed perpetually in it, or else magnificent curling ostrich feathers, soft and snowy as camellias. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I told his impudence that the gilt pestle and mortar was quite ornament enough; as if I was born, indeed, to be a country surgeon's wife! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- As shown in the original designs, Fig. 116, she is a double ender, whose sides were to be 5 feet thick. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The wind, indeed, seemed made for the scene, as the scene seemed made for the hour. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- You will wring no more hearts as you wrung mine. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Reason is wholly inactive, and can never be the source of so active a principle as conscience, or a sense of morals. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- They possess significance only as movements toward something away from what is now going on. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I am also to take it as a matter of fact that the proposal to withdraw from the engagement came, in the first instance, from YOU? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was generally believed that there would be a flurry; that some of the extreme Southern States would go so far as to pass ordinances of secession. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He bucked her out along the shore Qf the lake and as soon as she was reasonable they went on back along the trail. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Animal and vegetable matter buried in the depth of the earth sometimes undergoes natural distillation, and as a result gas is formed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The boy's eyes had lighted with pleasure as I spoke, and I saw him glance from his rusty trappings to the magnificence of my own. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- In each bladder was a small quantity of dried peas, or little pebbles, as I was afterwards informed. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Dose, teaspoonful to one-half wineglassful, as needed. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He is not quite such an ass as I have hitherto supposed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was almost as amusing to the Victorian English as the story of Balaam's ass. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Oh, what an ass I have been! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- As to Twemlow, he is so sensible of being a much better bred man than Veneering, that he considers the large man an offensive ass. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- My dear Rosy, you don't expect me to talk much to such a conceited ass as that, I hope, said Lydgate, brusquely. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He is the greatest ass in the world. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He is an ass, and I am an invalid, and we are likely to make all sorts of mistakes between us. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I shall always delight to meet an ass after my own heart when I shall have finished my travels. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Did Judy really think you could bring yourself to marry that portentous little ass? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But what in the name of the devil is your ass of a coachman keeping us here for? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- An ass,' said the doctor again, after a further silence of some minutes. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- What steadiness could I expect from such an ass as Worcester? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mr. Jinks,' said the magistrate gravely, 'you are an ass. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I speak now, of course, in the supposition that the gentle reader has not been abroad, and therefore is not already a consummate ass. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Captain Billings, he drawled finally, if you will pardon my candor, I might remark that you are something of an ass. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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