soeveradv.

Brit.

/səʊˈɛvə/, U.S.

/səˈwɛvər/,

/soʊˈɛvər/

Forms: Also poetic soe'er.

Etymology: See so adv. and conj. and ever adv. 6.

†1. Whenever. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at any time or whenever

everOE

onceOE

whensoc1175

whenc1200

whensoeverc1320

wheneverc1380

whensomevera1425

soever1517

still asa1656

anytime1822

anywhen1834

1517 R. Torkington Oldest Diarie Englysshe Trav. (1884) 27 And so ever ony Sarazin comyth by that Sepulcre he cast a stonne ther att.

2. Used with generalizing or emphatic force after words or phrases preceded by how, what, which, whose, etc. (Cf. howsoever adv., etc.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > soever

sumc1175

someverc1450

soever1557

1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1568) iv. xix. 170 How great a frend..so euer hee bee to them.

1582 W. Allen Briefe Hist. Glorious Martyrdom sig. e6 The feare of what punishment temporal soeuer.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 569 How great, or how faire soever it hath beene.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. iii. 91 Whose tongue so ere speakes false.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1015 Which way soever men refer it.

1701 J. Swift Disc. Contests Nobles & Commons v. 56 I conceive it far below the Dignity..of Human Nature..to be engaged in any Party, the most plausible soever, upon such servile Conditions.

1779 Mirror No. 24 What pencil, how animated soever, can equal the glories of the sky at sun-set?

1835 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (1837) I. 267 To all who are perplexed in any way soever.

1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche vi. xxvii. 77 By which law all things soe'er Are..held.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	soever
释义	soeveradv. Brit. /səʊˈɛvə/, U.S. /səˈwɛvər/, /soʊˈɛvər/ Forms: Also poetic soe'er. Etymology: See so adv. and conj. and ever adv. 6. †1. Whenever. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at any time or whenever everOE onceOE whensoc1175 whenc1200 whensoeverc1320 wheneverc1380 whensomevera1425 soever1517 still asa1656 anytime1822 anywhen1834 1517 R. Torkington Oldest Diarie Englysshe Trav. (1884) 27 And so ever ony Sarazin comyth by that Sepulcre he cast a stonne ther att. 2. Used with generalizing or emphatic force after words or phrases preceded by how, what, which, whose, etc. (Cf. howsoever adv., etc.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > soever sumc1175 someverc1450 soever1557 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1568) iv. xix. 170 How great a frend..so euer hee bee to them. 1582 W. Allen Briefe Hist. Glorious Martyrdom sig. e6 The feare of what punishment temporal soeuer. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 569 How great, or how faire soever it hath beene. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. iii. 91 Whose tongue so ere speakes false. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1015 Which way soever men refer it. View more context for this quotation 1701 J. Swift Disc. Contests Nobles & Commons v. 56 I conceive it far below the Dignity..of Human Nature..to be engaged in any Party, the most plausible soever, upon such servile Conditions. 1779 Mirror No. 24 What pencil, how animated soever, can equal the glories of the sky at sun-set? 1835 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (1837) I. 267 To all who are perplexed in any way soever. 1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche vi. xxvii. 77 By which law all things soe'er Are..held. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1517
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