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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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British Dictionary definitions for sobeit

sobeit
/ (səʊˈbiːɪt) /

conjunction
archaic provided that

Word Origin for sobeit

C16: from so 1 + be + it : originally three words
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other 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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