Though, adv. & conj.
(thō, 75), adv. & conj. [O. Eng. thofe, A-S. theáh, thèh, O. Sax. thoh, O. Fries. thach, dach, doch, Goth. tháu, tháih, Icel. thó, thóat, Sw. dock, Dan. dog, L. Ger. doch, dog, O. H. Ger. doh, thoh, N. H. Ger. & D. doch.]
Sense 1. Granting; admitting; notwithstanding.
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. Job xiii. 15.
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished. Prov. xi. 21.
Not that I so affirm, though so I seem. Milton.
Sense 2. However; — used in familiar language at the end of a sentence.
A good cause would do well, though. Dryden.
As though, as if.
In the vine were three branches, and it was as though it budded. Gen. xl. 10.
It is compounded with all in although. See ALTHOUGH.