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Grant; admit; allow. “If thy brother be waxen poor--thou shalt relieve him; yea, though he be a stranger.” Grant or admit the fact that he is stranger, yet thou shalt relieve him. Leviticus 25:35. Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him]ob 13:15. That is, grant or admit that he shall slay me, yet will I trust in him. Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished. Proverbs 11:21. That is, admit the fact that the wicked unite their strength, yet this will not save them from punishment. Not that I so affirm, though so it seem. That is, grant that it seems so, yet I do not so affirm .

Used with as. In the vine were three branches, and it was as though it budded. Genesis 40:10. So we use as if; it was as if it budded; and if is gifThe appearance was like the real fact, if admitted or true.

It is used in familiar language, at the end of a sentence. A good cause would do well though. This is generally or always elliptical, referring to some expression preceding or understood.

It is compounded with all, in although, which see.