Howbeitとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• howbe

語源

Univerbation of how +‎ be +‎ it

発音

• IPA^(key): /haʊˈbiː.ɪt/
• (米国発音)

接続詞

howbeit

1. (archaic) Although.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, “Tom Jones”, in The Novelist’s Magazine, volume III, London: Harrison and Co., published 1781, page 302:

     Howbeit we have not yet been able to overtake young Madam, we may account it ſome good fortune, that we have hitherto traced her courſe aright.

同意語

• albeit, much as; see also Thesaurus:even though

副詞

howbeit (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Be that as it may; nevertheless.
   • c. 1608–1609, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ix], page 7, column 2:

     I will goe waſh : / And when my Face is faire, you ſhall perceiue / Whether I bluſh, or no : howbeit, I thanke you, / I meane to ſtride your Steed, and at all times / To vnder-creſt your good Addition, / To th’ faireneſſe of my power.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Galatians 4:8:

     Howbeit, then when ye knew not God, yee did ſeruice vnto them which by nature are no Gods.

   • 1871, Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, Through Death to Love, lines 7-10:

     Our hearts discern wild images of Death,
     Shadows and shoals that edge eternity.
     Howbeit athwart Death's imminent shade doth soar
     One Power

   • 1941 June, “Some Early Welsh-Built Engines”, in Railway Magazine, page 246:

     This applies not only to trackwork and operational methods, but also to motive power, and it will be recalled that the first steam locomotive to run on rails (howbeit, tramplates) was Trevithick's Penydarren engine of 1804.

同意語

• be it as it may, even so, however, nonetheless; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless

関連する語

• albeit