Soever

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Soever \So*ev"er\
     A word compounded of so and ever, used in composition with
     who, what, where, when, how, etc., and indicating any out of
     all possible or supposable persons, things, places, times,
     ways, etc. It is sometimes used separate from the pronoun or
     adverb.


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           For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much
           required.                                --Luke xii.
                                                    48.
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           What great thing soever a man proposed to do in his
           life, he should think of achieving it by fifty. --Sir
                                                    W. Temple.
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