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English
Etymology
Univerbation of how + be + it, literally “however it be”.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
howbeit
- (archaic) Although.
- Synonyms: albeit, much as; see also Thesaurus:even though
1587, Philip of Mornay , “That there is but Onely One God”, in Philip Sidney, Arthur Golding, transl., A Woorke Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion, , London: George Robinson for Thomas Cadman, , →OCLC, page 18: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.
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Adverb
howbeit (not comparable)
- (archaic) Be that as it may; nevertheless.
c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 7, column 2: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.
1871, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Through Death to Love, lines 7–10:Our hearts discern wild images of Death,
Shadows and shoals that edge eternity.
Howbeit athwart Death's imminent shade doth soar
One Power
1941 June, “Some Early Welsh-Built Engines”, in Railway Magazine, page 246:This applies not only to trackwork and operational methods, but also to motive power, and it will be recalled that the first steam locomotive to run on rails (howbeit, tramplates) was Trevithick's Penydarren engine of 1804.
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