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albeit

conj
/ɔːlˈbiː.ɪt/UK/ɔlˈbi.ət/US/ɑlˈbi.ɪt/

Etymology

From the Middle English expression al be it (that), itself shortened from althagh it be that (“although it be that”), and thus composed from al (“completely, entirely”) + be (3rd person singular present subjunctive of been (“to be”)) + it.

  1. derived from expression al be it

Definitions

  1. Although, despite (it) being.

    • VVho are you? tell me for more certainty, / Albeit Ile ſvveare that I do knovv your tongue.
    • The stranger had crossed a sacred line. He had mentioned the men’s mothers. Nothing could get him out of a beating now, even the fact that he was obviously a simpleton. Albeit a simpleton with a good vocabulary.
    • There’s an easy, albeit expensive, way to fix the national crisis in forensic crime labs.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA