a-soakadv.
/əˈsəʊk/ Soaking. Also figurative.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action or process of soaking or steeping > [adverb]
a-steep1589
a-soak1609
1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie x. sig. L4 A soake al night in warme faire water.
1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica iv. 52 Laying our hearts asoake in teares.
a1746 E. Holdsworth Remarks & Diss. Virgil (1768) 50 Seed which they lay asoak.
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