Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. Be that as it may; nevertheless.
- conj. Obsolete Although.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Be it as it may; nevertheless; notwithstanding; however.
Wiktionary
- conj. obsolete Although.
- adv. archaic Be that as it may; nevertheless.
GNU Webster's 1913
- conj. Be it as it may; nevertheless; notwithstanding; although; albeit; yet; but; however.
Etymologies
- From how + be + it. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Compare Note, see on [2545] 1Co 10: 5, "with the majority of them God was displeased." howbeit -- "Nay (why need I put the question?), was it not all that came out of Egypt?”
“The 'howbeit' of verse 22 is more than a compensation for all the wretchedness.”
“And the Lord said unto Samuel: Now therefore hearken unto their voice; howbeit thou shalt show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.”
“It's a fight we are still engaged in to this day howbeit different in nature.”
Virginia governor declares April as Confederate History Month
“As for "innocent babies", the Bibo Sez there is no such thing, but rather teaches us to NOT think like babies: "Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men" 1st Corinthians 14:20.”
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““Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; howbeit the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses; for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.””
“Pretty cool Movie love the action, visual effects howbeit quite frightening: and hope that this does not happen to the Planet.”
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“That's telling, sir!' cried the man, with a sneer; 'howbeit, we've plenty of ill luck in the trade.”
“In London itself, though in the old rustic road towards a suburb of note where in the days of William Shakespeare, author and stage – player, there were Royal hunting – seats — howbeit no sport is left there now but for hunters of men — Bleeding Heart Yard was to be found; a place much changed in feature and in fortune, yet with some relish of ancient greatness about it.”
“Rhasis holds: and howbeit, stultus labor est ineptiarum, to be busy in toys is to small purpose, yet hear that divine Seneca, aliud agere quam nihil, better do to no end, than nothing.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘howbeit’.
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phrontistery - h
from phrontistery.info
habanera, habergeon, habilable, habilatory, habile, habiliment, habilitate, habromania, hachure, hackle, hackney, hadal and 568 more...
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
ark, judgement, holy, saint, baptism, spirit, love, eternal, altar, balsam, covenant, flood and 1115 more...
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Conjunctivitis
Unholy adverbose conjunction trinities. Yes, this list is ridiculous.
whomsoever, whilstsomewise, whichsoever, whichwherewise, whereoflike, whereinsoever, whereforemore, wherehapssuch, whereinas, whereasupon, whenwhereof, whencesoever and 87 more...
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Old-timey Function Words
Function Word
Herein we place all the therebys, amongsts and withals.hereby, thereby, whereby, herein, therein, wherein, forthwith, therewith, withal, amongst, moreover, heretofore and 21 more...
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Verecund, flivver, etc
Just some words I happen to enjoy. Some thread-worn, some not.
yegg, yob, verecund, amatory, fermata, threepenny, gruntled, flivver, gamboge, decolletage, ordure, nudnik and 175 more...
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play words
words for a play
pert, vicissitude, melancholy, vexation, gaud, attestation, renunciation, wax, wrought, sunder, antipodes, reckoning and 236 more...
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Archaic
Because they just don't make 'em like they used to.
comeling, circuition, assentment, advisement, accompts, apertness, larum, soothfastness, deperdition, marish, covin, tinct and 166 more...
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Adverbia
A long list of adverbs, beginning with full-drive. Someone had to list them. This list in continued in the list More Adverbia.
Read some sniping and some informative commentary about a...full-drive, portentously, unlawfully, legally, heterogeneously, consumingly, clancularly, inconsolably, prepositionally, retrogressively, symptomatically, decrepitly and 2460 more...
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Interesting Scrabble words
Interesting words worth @ least 15 points.
smoochy, zareba, hyphal, djellaba, cloque, pyxidium, qindarka, squiffy, howbeit, chthonic, quinta, azimuthal and 264 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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Literarie: The Tragedy of Coriolanus
A play by William Shakespeare.
sufferance, cram, garner, embracement, freelier, mammock, cambric, stitchery, cloven, murrain, manifest housekeeper, a crack'd drachma! and 88 more...
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Conjunctive Adverbs
heretofore, notwithstanding, therefore, hereinafter, inasmuch, insofar, whomsoever, nonetheless, withal, thereupon, hitherto, whereas and 48 more...
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A Cornucopia of Mouthwatering Words
Hence the title, this list will be chocked full of scrumptious words that I particularly like. Free for anyone to gobble up.
boondoggle, lollygag, dillydally, quibble, jejune, frugal, howbeit, alas, betwixt, slapdash, jargon, rigmarole and 6 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for howbeit.
bilby "CORIOLANUS: I will go wash;
And when my face is fair you shall perceive
Whether I blush or no: howbeit, I thank you;--
I mean to stride your steed; and at all times
To undercrest your good addition
To the fairness of my power."
- William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'. Aug 28, 2009