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soever

soever

9.9
After pronouns or adverbs to add strong emphasis
  • particle
  • /səˈvɛr/
  • Formal
translation icon : cualquiera
  • The law applies to any person whomsoever is found guilty of the offense.

Examples

  • No reason soever was given for the sudden cancellation of the event.

  • He claimed he had no knowledge soever of the missing documents.

  • The law applies to any person whomsoever is found guilty of the offense.

  • No reason soever was given for the sudden cancellation of the event.

  • He claimed he had no knowledge soever of the missing documents.

Surface Forms

soever main

Morphology

soever = so + ever (semi-transparent) = so + ever

Built from the recognizable elements 'so' + 'ever', but its use as a bound/postpositive emphatic particle in formal and legal contexts reduces immediate predictability.

Etymology

Soever was used as a small particle after words like 'who', 'whom', or 'no' in formal and legal language to mean 'any' or 'at all', just like in whosoever. That's why laws and old texts use soever to show they mean 'any person' or 'any amount'.