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(), conj.[OE. thogh, ah, AS. eh, h, h; akin to OS. thh, OFries. thach, D. & G. doch but, yet, OHG. doh but, yet though, Icel. yet, nevertheless, Sw. dock, Dan. dog, Goth. uh, u, than, or, yet; of uncertain origin. 184.] Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if. Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. Job xiii. 15. Not that I so affirm, though so it seem. Milton. It is compounded with all in although. See Although. As though, as if. In the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded. Gen. xl. 10. Though adv.However; nevertheless; notwithstanding; -- used in familiar language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence. I would not be as sick though for his place. Shak. A good cause would do well, though. Dryden. スポンサード リンク
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