Though (thō), conj. [OE. thogh, þah, AS. ðeÁh, ðǣh, ðēh; akin to OS. thōh, OFries. thach, D. & G. doch but, yet, OHG. doh but, yet though, Icel. þō yet, nevertheless, Sw. dock, Dan. dog, Goth. þÁuh, þÁu, 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.

-- Webster's unabridged 1913