though : Idioms & Phrases
As if , or As though
- of the same kind, or in the same condition or manner, that it would be if.
Webster 1913
As though
- as if.
Webster 1913
To make as if , ∨ To make as though
- to pretend that; to make show that; to make believe (see under
Make , v. t.).Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled. Josh. viii. 15.
My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly displeased with me. Latimer.
Webster 1913
What though
- even granting that; allowing that; supposing it true that. "What though the rose have prickles, yet't is plucked." Shak.