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Webster 1913 Edition


Soever

So-ev′er

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A word compounded of so and ever, used in composition with who, what, where, when, how, etc., and indicating any out of all possible or supposable persons, things, places, times, ways, etc. It is sometimes used separate from the pronoun or adverb.
For unto whom
soever
much is given, of him shall be much required.
Luke xii. 48.
What great thing
soever
a man proposed to do in his life, he should think of achieving it by fifty.
Sir W. Temple.

Webster 1828 Edition


Soever

SOEVER

, so and ever, found in compounds, as in whosoever, whatsoever, wheresoever, See these words. It is sometimes used separate from the pronoun; as, in what things soever you undertake, use diligence and fidelity.