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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOWBEIT

adv. [how, be, and it. ] Be it as it may; nevertheless; notwithstanding; yet; but; however.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HOWBEIT

How *be "it, conj. Etym: [How + be + it. ]

Defn: Be it as it may; nevertheless; notwithstanding; although; albeit; yet; but; however. The Moor -- howbeit that I endure him not -Is of a constant, loving, noble nature. Shak.

New American Oxford Dictionary

howbeit

how be it |houˈbēit haʊˈbiɪt | ▶adverb archaic nevertheless; however: howbeit, I've no proof of the thing.

Oxford Dictionary

howbeit

how ¦be ¦it |haʊˈbiːɪt | ▶adverb archaic nevertheless; however: howbeit, I've no proof of the thing.