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THOUGH, verb intransitive tho. 1. Grant; admit; allow. 'If thy brother be waxen poor--thou shalt relieve him; yea, though he be a stranger.' Grant or admit the fact that he is stranger, yet thou shalt relieve him. Leviticus 25:35. THOUGH he slay me, yet will I trust in him. Job 13:15. That is, grant or admit that he shall slay me, yet will I trust in him. THOUGH hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished. Proverbs 11:21. That is, admit the fact that the wicked unite their strength, yet this will not save them from punishment. Not that I so affirm, though so it seem. That is, grant that it seems so, yet I do not so affirm. 2. Used with as. In the vine were three branches, and it was as though it budded. Genesis 40:10. So we use as if; it was as if it budded; and if is gif, give. The appearance was like the real fact, if admitted or true. 3. It is used in familiar language, at the end of a sentence. A good cause would do well though This is generally or always elliptical, referring to some expression preceding or understood. 4. It is compounded with all, in although, which see.