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   Soon (so͞on), adv. [OE. sone, AS. sōna; cf. OFries. sōn, OS. sāna, sāno, OHG. sār, Goth. suns.]
   1. In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, “soon after sunrise”. “Sooner said than done.” Old Proverb. “As soon as it might be.” Chaucer.
   
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   She finished, and the subtle fiend his lore
   
   Soon learned. Milton.
   
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   2. Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.
   
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   How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? Ex. ii. 18.
   
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   3. Promptly; quickly; easily.
   
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   Small lights are soon blown out, huge fires abide. Shak.
   
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   4. Readily; willingly; -- in this sense used with would, or some other word expressing will.
   
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   I would as soon see a river winding through woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles. Addison.
   
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   As soon as, or So soon as, immediately at or after another event. “As soon as he came nigh unto the camp . . . he saw the calf, and the dancing.” Ex. xxxii. 19. See So . . . as, under So. -- Soon at, as soon as; or, as soon as the time referred to arrives. [Obs.] “I shall be sent for soon at night.” Shak. -- Sooner or later, at some uncertain time in the future; as, “he will discover his mistake sooner or later”. -- With the soonest, as soon as any; among the earliest; too soon. [Obs.]  Holland.
   
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   Soon, a. Speedy; quick. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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