From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
though
adv 1: despite the fact that; "even though she knew the answer, she
did not respond" [syn: although, tho']
2: (postpositive) however; "it might be unpleasant, though"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Though \Though\, adv.
However; nevertheless; notwithstanding; -- used in familiar
language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence.
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I would not be as sick though for his place. --Shak.
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A good cause would do well, though. --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Though \Though\ ([th][=o]), conj. [OE. thogh, [thorn]ah, AS.
[eth]e['a]h, [eth][=ae]h, [eth][=e]h; akin to OS. th[=o]h,
OFries. thach, D. & G. doch but, yet, OHG. doh but, yet
though, Icel. [thorn][=o] yet, nevertheless, Sw. dock, Dan.
dog, Goth. [thorn]['a]uh, [thorn]['a]u, than, or, yet; of
uncertain origin. [root]184.]
Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that;
if.
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Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. --Job xiii.
15.
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Not that I so affirm, though so it seem. --Milton.
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Note: It is compounded with all in although. See Although.
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As though, as if.
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In the vine were three branches; and it was as
though it budded. --Gen. xl. 10.
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