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Webster 1913 Edition
Albeit
Alˊbe′it
,c
onj.
Even though; although; notwithstanding.
Chaucer.
Albeit
so masked, Madam, I love the truth. Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Albeit
ALBE'IT
, [This is supposed to be a compound of all, be and it, and is equivalent to admit, or grant it all.]Be it so; admit all that; although; notwithstanding.
Whereas ye say, the Lord saith it, albeit I have not spoken. Ez. 8.
[This word is not antiquated.]
Definition 2025
albeit
albeit
English
Conjunction
albeit
- Although, despite (it) being.
- He has a very good idea, albeit a strange one.
- 2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 92:
- 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.
- 2007 June 17, Ellen Marrus, in the Houston Chronicle:
- There’s an easy, albeit expensive, way to fix the national crisis in forensic crime labs.
- 2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport:
- Up front, skipper and open-side Lewis Moody looked almost back to full fitness, while England's set-piece was barely troubled, albeit against a Romania side showing 11 changes from that beaten by Argentina earlier in the week.
Usage notes
- Unlike although, albeit cannot also introduce an independent clause. Either can introduce a noun phrase, adjectival phrase, or adverbial phrase.
- Rarely, albethey is used when the meaning is "despite (the multiple things) being" rather than "despite (the single thing) being"; this is nonstandard.
Translations
despite its being; although
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