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Webster 1913 Edition


Albeit

Alˊbe′it

,
c
onj.
[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 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.]