conj. Obs. [Originally a conjunctive phrase: see THERE 9, 10 and AS 27.]
1. In that place (or case) in which; where; THERE 9.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 12. Þer ase þeos þincges beoð þer is riht religiun.
13[?]. Cast. Love (Halliw.), 444. Pes ne bydyth in na londe, Ther as werre is nyȝh-honde.
1493. Festivall (W. de W., 1515), 6. To go to an hous ther as is a corps.
1550. Coverdale, Bk. Death, II. i. 178. The comfortable promes of Chryst, there as he sayth: I am the resurreccion and ye lyfe.
2. Whereas; = THERE 10.
c. 1385. Chaucer, L. G. W., 1282 (Dido). Sche hath hire reame ȝeuyn In to his hand, there as she myghte haue been Of othere landys than of cartage quien.
c. 1460. Fortescue, Abs. & Lim. Mon., xix. (1885), 155. Per as oþer kynges haue ffounded byshopriches þe kyng shall þan haue ffounded an holl reaume.
147085. Malory, Arthur, XX. xi. 815. There as ye say I haue slayn your good knyghtes, I wote wel that I haue done soo, and that me sore repenteth.