Dictionary

albe en · CCONJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɔːlˈbiː/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From all + be (it). More at albeit.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Synonym of albeit.
   • Why ſhould not that dead carrion ſatisfie The guilt, which if he liued had thus long, His life for due reuenge ſhould deare abie ? The treſpaſſe ſtill doth liue, albe the perſon die. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Synonyms

albeit

albe en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ælb/
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of alb.
   alt of alb

Forms