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so⋅be⋅it

  [soh-bee-it]
Use sobeit in a Sentence
–conjunction Archaic.
if it be so that; provided that.
Origin:
1575–85; so 1 + be + it 1
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Main Entry:  sobeit
Part of Speech:  conj
Definition:  if only
Main Entry:  sobeit
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  let it be so
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Word Origin & History

sobeit 
1583, from so be it, a rare survival of the Eng. subjunctive.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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