SINCE 1828
like as
conjunctionDefinition of like as
chiefly dialectal
: in the way or manner that : as
like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them — Psalms 103:13 (Authorized Version) an eddy there … like as you'd expect— C. S. Forester
—now usually used with if it was … like as if the films suddenly come real— Richard Llewellyn
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