sobeit

[soh-bee-it]

conjunction Archaic.

if it be so that; provided that.

Origin of sobeit

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

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Sobeit thou gainest strength there, in warm bed and cheerful care, shalt ride to London with me.
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Harold Frederic

British Dictionary definitions for sobeit

sobeit

conjunction

archaic provided that

Word Origin for sobeit

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

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Word Origin and History for sobeit

conj.

1580s, from so be it, "one of our few surviving subjunctives" [Weekley].