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although, conj.|ɔːlˈðəʊ|
Forms: 4 al þaȝ, al þauȝ, al þeȝ,4–5 al thogh, al though(e, al they, al thouh, 4–6 althogh, 5 alle thoȝe, all þaw, alle, þawe, 5–6 althof, althow, 4– although.
[Orig. two words, see all C 10. All though was originally more emphatic than though, but by 1400 it was practically only a variant of it, and all having thus lost its independent force, the phrase was written as one word. See also though.]
Even though, though..even; though; be it that, granting that, supposing that.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. A. 758 My dere destyné Me ches to hys make alþaȝ vnmete. [1330R. Brunne Chron. 23 Þof alle þat he werred in wo.] c1360Mercy in E.E.P. (1862) 123 Al þauȝ i kouþe, yf þat i wolde. c1386Chaucer Prol. 737 He may not spare, although he were his brother [v.r. al thogh, althogh, al they, al though, al þouhe]. c1420Chron. Vilod. 883 All þaw þay hadde þis gold þus y stole. 1440Shirley Dethe of James 7 Althofe he fonde colourabill wais to serve his entent. 1577T. Vautrollier Luther's Ep. Gal. 7 Although I am a sinner by the lawe..yet I despaire not. 1676Hale Contemp. i. 87 Although that this was the very end for which he came into the World. 1692E. Walker Epictetus Mor. xlii, Your Head but weak, altho' your Lungs be strong. 1795Southey Joan of Arc iii. 474 Wks. I. 47 Although thy life Of sin were free. 1881N.T. (revised) Mark xiv. 29 Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. |