so as

conjunction

1

a

obsolete : so sense 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 sense 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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