Howbe

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of howbeit. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "Siker thou speak'st like a lewd sorrel, Of heaven to deemen so, Howbe I am but rude and borrel, Yet nearer ways I know."

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"Siker thou speak'st like a lewd sorrel, Of heaven to deemen so, Howbe I am but rude and borrel, Yet nearer ways I know."

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