sobeit

[ soh-bee-it ]

/ soʊˈbi ɪt /

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conjunction Archaic.

if it be so that; provided that.

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Origin of sobeit

First recorded in 1575–85; so¹ + be + it¹

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Example sentences from the Web for sobeit

But so-called jungle primaries are notoriously hard to predict or poll.
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It was followed by several told-you-so articles with titles like “Have No Illusion: Islam Is the Enemy.”
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What 15 months in a federal correction institution will be like, according to a man who counsels to-be inmates.
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But the current pontiff, for reasons one might fully understand, declined to meet the would-be papal assassin.
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The would-be pope killer loves to be in front of the cameras, and the press in Italy is happy to oblige.
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Many so-called "humming tones" are given for practice, but in accepting them observe whether the foregoing principle is obeyed.
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"Buy something for your wife that-is-to-be," he said to his grand-nephew, as he handed him the folded paper.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
In future years the poor-rate (so-called) will include, in addition to these, all other rates levyable by the Corporation.
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Perhaps his almost perfectly spontaneous love of tiny flowers is already a considerable advance on his so-called prototype.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Everything showed a rapid flight; even the would-be dinner of the guerrillas was found half cooked.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn

British Dictionary definitions for sobeit

sobeit

/ (səʊˈbiːɪt) /

conjunction

archaic provided that

Word Origin for sobeit

C16: from so 1 + be + it : originally three words

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Idioms and Phrases with sobeit

so be it

Let it be so, I accept it as it is. For example, If you can't change the reservation, so be it; I'll travel on Monday. This phrase, often given as a translation of the Hebrew (and Greek and Latin) amen, has been employed in the current sense since about 1600.

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