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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.]

Definition 2024


albeit

albeit

English

Conjunction

albeit

  1. 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.

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