Meanings
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adv
In like degree; in like manner; to the same or similar degree; likewise.
Not only so, but where they see the place of their fathers and of the just, they are hereby punished; for a chaos deep and large is fixed between them, inasmuch that a just man that hath compassion on them, cannot be admitted, nor can an unjust man if he were bold enough to attempt it, pass over it.
Etymology
Univerbation of in + as + much ("to such a degree"), from Middle English in als mikel, a Northern form.