so as

conjunction

1.

a. obsolete : so 1a

I hope you shall receive honorable requital of his amicable ambassade so as you shall have no cause to regret his arrival — Elizabeth I

b. : so 1b

repeated aloud so as there'd be no chance of a mistake — G.W.Brace

2. : provide that

could play 'em a tune on any sort of pot you please, so as it was iron or block tin — Charles Dickens

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so as

1. In such a manner as or that

2. In order (with to; informal)

3. If only, on condition that

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so as

— used to indicate the purpose of something

He defended himself so as [=in order] to prove his innocence.

see also ↑as 7 (above), 2

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Main Entry: ↑as

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so as — see ↑as, 2

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