al·be·it
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| although; even if: a peaceful, albeit brief retirement. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME al be it al(though) it be
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conj. Even though; although; notwithstanding: clear albeit cold weather. [Middle English al be it : al, even if; see all + be : subjunctive of ben, to be; see be + it, it; see it.] |
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albeit
c.1385, a contraction of al be it "al(though) it be."
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Albeit
Al`be"\, Albee \Al`bee"\, conj. [See Albeit.] Although; albeit. [Obs.] Albe Clarissa were their chiefest founderess. --Spenser.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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