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(conjunctive) Despite that; however. quotations examples
Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. […] One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.
2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845
(degree) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed. examples
Despite the fact that; although. quotations examples
Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […]
(archaic) If, that, even if. quotations
"Though we called your friend from his bed this night, he could not speak for you, / "For the race is run by one and one and never by two and two."
1919, Rudyard Kipling, Tomlinson
Walk on through the wind, / Walk on through the rain, / Though your dreams be tossed and blown.
1945, Oscar Hammerstein II, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (song), in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Carousel (musical)