THUS

n. adv.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.

2.
adv.

In this or that manner; on this wise. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. Gen. vi. 22. Thus God the heaven created, thus the earth. Milton.

3.
adv.

To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus peaceble; thus bold. Shak. Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds. Milton.


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