like as

conjunction

chiefly dialectal

: in the way or manner that : as

like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them

—Psalms 103:13 (Authorized Version)

an eddy there … like as you'd expect

—C. S. Forester

—now usually used with if

it was … like as if the films suddenly come real

—Richard Llewellyn

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from lik, like, adverb + as

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