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单词 howbeit
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howbeitadv.conj.

Brit. /haʊˈbiːɪt/, U.S. /haʊˈbiᵻt/
Etymology: Originally three words how be it , with past tense how were it (= however it were): see how adv. 10.
A. adv.
However it may be; be that as it may; nevertheless; however. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > however, nevertheless, notwithstanding
though-whetherc897
nathelesseOE
though971
whetherOE
yetOE
neverlOE
what for-thyc1175
nethelessa1200
never the latterc1225
algatec1230
in spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teethc1230
nought for thatc1275
(all) for noughtc1325
(in) spite of one's nosec1325
alway1340
thoughless1340
ne'er the later (also latter)a1382
ne'er the lessa1382
neverlatera1382
neverthelessa1382
ne for-thia1400
neverlessa1400
not-againstandinga1400
nauthelessc1400
nouthelessc1400
algatesc1405
noughtwithstanding1422
netherless?a1425
notwithstanding1425
nethertheless1440
not gainstandingc1440
not the lessa1450
alwaysa1470
howbeit1470
never þe quedera1475
nought the lessc1480
what reck?a1513
nonetheless1533
howsomever1562
after all1590
in spite of spite1592
meantime1594
notwithstand1596
withal1596
in the meanwhile1597
meanwhile1597
howsoever1601
in (one's) spite?1615
however1623
in the meantime1631
non obstante1641
at the same time1679
with a non-obstante to1679
stilla1699
the same1782
all the same1803
quand même1825
still and all1829
anyhow1867
anyway1876
still and ona1894
all the samey1897
just the same1901
but1939
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. i How be hit I wyl not fayle you.
1511 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 5 How~behyt hit was not my desyre.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xlviii. 162 How be it, he was sory by cause one of them..skapyd away.
1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 21 How-beit in the meane time, the English Aduenturers..did winne much ground.
1850 E. B. Browning tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 140 I lack your daring..Howbeit necessity compels me so That I must dare it.
1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. i. 8 Howbeit, afterwards, the coins of Cnossus..became intelligible to me as to few.
B. conj. or conjunctive adjective (originally with that, which was the actual conjunctive element).
Though, although. Obsolete.
Π
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) i. sig. Aiijv/1 How be it that this dyuyne essence..maye not be perfyghtly knowen..yet there is not ony mortall persone..but that he woll confesse there is a god.
1503 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 5 Half Groats..being Silver (howbeit they be cracked, shall in likewise go and be current.
1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. x. 108 Bot than, allace, he did sum thing without vs, Howbeit that all his lyfetyme he did dout vs.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 206 They..say the vertue of the Adamant was first by them discouered, how beit to this day they [sc. the Chinese] haue but eight points vnto their Compasse.
1634 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 110 I..would fain have access and presence to The King..euen howbeit I should break up iron doors.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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