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al⋅be⋅it

  [awl-bee-it]
Use albeit in a Sentence
–conjunction
although; even if: a peaceful, albeit brief retirement.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME al be it al(though) it be
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al·be·it   (ôl-bē'ĭt, āl-)   
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Albeit

Al`be"it\, conj. [OE. al be although it be, where al is our all. Cf. Although.] Even though; although; notwithstanding. --Chaucer.

Albeit so masked, Madam, I love the truth. --Tennyson.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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albeit 
c.1385, a contraction of al be it "al(though) it be."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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