howbeit
adverb
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L192127 on Wikidata ↗conjunction
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Pronunciation: /haʊˈbiː.ɪt/
adv
Etymology: Univerbation of how + be + it, literally “however it [may] be”.
- Be that as it may; nevertheless.
“I will goe waſh : / And when my Face is faire, you ſhall perceiue / Whether I bluſh, or no : howbeit, I thanke you, / I meane to ſtride your Steed, and at all times / To vnder-creſt your good Addition, / To th’ faireneſſe of my power.”
“Howbeit, then when ye knew not God, yee did ſeruice vnto them which by nature are no Gods.”
conj
Etymology: Univerbation of how + be + it, literally “however it [may] be”.
- Although.
“The Ueynes are ſpred foorth throughout the whole bodie, howbeit from one welhead, that is to ſay from the Liuer: ſo be the Sinews, howbeit from the Brayne; So likewiſe are the Heartſtrings, howbeit from the Heart.”
“Howbeit we have not yet been able to overtake young Madam, we may account it ſome good fortune, that we have hitherto traced her courſe aright.”