Adjacent Words

Albeit definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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. Ezek 8.
[This word is not antiquated.]

Merriam Webster's

conjunction Etymology: Middle English, literally, all though it be Date: 14th century conceding the fact that ; even though ; although

Oxford Reference Dictionary

conj. literary though (he tried, albeit without success).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Albeit Al`be"it, conj. [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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

You use albeit to introduce a fact or comment which reduces the force or significance of what you have just said. (FORMAL) Charles's letter was indeed published, albeit in a somewhat abbreviated form. = although ADV: ADV with cl/group

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ol-be'-it (hina me; literally, "lest"): Occurs in a paraphrase rather than as a translation of a clause in Phm 1:19 the King James Version. The thought is: "although" or "albeit" (synonym of "although") "I might say," etc. This the Revised Version (British and American) translates with intense literalness: "that I say not".

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. Although, notwithstanding.

Moby Thesaurus

after all, again, all the same, although, at all events, at any rate, but, even, even so, for all that, howbeit, however, in any case, in any event, just the same, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, rather, still, though, when, whereas, while, yet