Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- conjunction Although.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A simplified spelling of
although .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- conjunction Reformed spelling Although.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- conjunction informal Alternative spelling of
although .
Etymologies
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The botanical name comes from the Greek word "altho," which means "to cure."
Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010
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The botanical name comes from the Greek word "altho," which means "to cure."
Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010
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The generic name Althaea is derived from the Greek word altho, "to cure", while the specific name officinalis refers to its long history as a medicinal plant, used since Roman times, and as a confection.
Archive 2008-05-01 Thatsnews 2008
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He should be more fair otherwise people will stop sending him content like I have … altho from the quality of the DJ Wig boot I’d need not worry (DJ Wig has done some ok or good boots, not good enough for Charles as yet, but that’s not one of them).
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I wonder if that Inoue fellow is related to the senator from Hawaii, Daniel Inouye (same Japanese name altho spelled differently in English letters).
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'It is very good now,' says he, 'altho' it wants something yet. '
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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Amang this lot 'at aw'm tellin abaat ther didn't happen to be a stranger, an' soa th 'owd tales wor tell'd ovver agean, an' altho 'some on 'em wor ommost asleep, they allus laft at th' reight spot, for if they didn't hear a word 'at wor sed, they knew th' time when it owt to come in.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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After iverybody had getten supplied ther wor quietness for abaat five minutes, an 'altho' nobdy wanted owt to ait, fatty cakes an 'buttered muffins went aght o'th' seet like winkin.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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It woint oft he did that sooart o 'thing, but when he did he carried it on for a wick or a fortnit, an' altho 'his father had left a nice little farm for him an' his mother, yet it sooin dwindled to nowt, for what wi 'neglectin his wark, an' spendin a bit o 'brass, it wor like a cannel lit at booath ends, it sooin swealed up.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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It hadn't gooan monny yards when Joa saw he mud awther thrust or stop thear all th 'neet, an' altho 'th' rate they wor gooin at wor slow enuff to suit even one a 'Joa's disposition, yet th' sweeat rolled off him, for he'd quite as mich to do as th 'horse.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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