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Webster 1913 Edition


Soothfast

Sooth′fastˊ

,
Adj.
[
Sooth
+
fast
, that is, fast or firm with respect to truth.]
Firmly fixed in, or founded upon, the thruth; true; genuine; real; also, truthful; faithful.
[Archaic]
–
Sooth′fastˊness
,
Noun.
[Archaic]
“In very soothfastness.”
Chaucer.
Why do not you . . . bear leal and
soothfast
evidence in her behalf, as ye may with a clear conscience!
Sir W. Scott.

Sooth′fastˊ

,
adv.
Soothly; really; in fact.
[Archaic]
I care not if the pomps you show
Be what they
soothfast
appear.
Emerson.