Crossword clues for notwithstanding
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Notwithstanding \Not`with*stand"ing\, prep. Without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of.
We gentil women bee
Loth to displease any wight,
Notwithstanding our great right.
--Chaucer's
Dream.
Those on whom Christ bestowed miraculous cures were so
transported that their gratitude made them,
notwithstanding his prohibition, proclaim the wonders
he had done.
--Dr. H. More.
Note: Notwithstanding was, by Johnson and Webster, viewed as a participle absolute, an English equivalent of the Latin non obstante. Its several meanings, either as preposition, adverb, or conjunction, are capable of being explained in this view. Later grammarians, while admitting that the word was originally a participle, and can be treated as such, prefer to class it as a preposition or disjunctive conjunction.
Syn: In spite of; despite.
Usage: Notwithstanding, In spite of, Despite. Of these,
only notwithstanding can be used postpositively; as, I
will go, the weather notwithstanding. With respect to
meaning, these words and phrases are often
interchanged, but there is a difference between them,
chiefly in strength. Notwithstanding is the weaker
term, and simply points to some obstacle that may
exist; as, I shall go, notwithstanding the rain. In
spite or despite of has reference primarily to active
opposition to be encountered from others; as, ``I'll
be, in man's despite, a monarch; '' ``I'll keep mine
own, despite of all the world.''
--Shak. Hence, these
words, when applied to things, suppose greater
opposition than notwithstanding. We should say. ''He
was thrust rudely out of doors in spite of his
entreaties,'' rather than ``notwithstanding''. On the
other hand, it would be more civil to say,
``Notwithstanding all you have said, I must still
differ with you.''
Notwithstanding \Not`with*stand"ing\, adv. or conj. [Originally the participle of withstand, with not prefixed.] Nevertheless; however; although; as, I shall go, notwithstanding it rains.
I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give
it to thy servant. Notwithstanding, in thy days I will
not do it.
--1 Kings xi.
11, 12.
They which honor the law as an image of the wisdom of
God himself, are, notwithstanding, to know that the
same had an end in Christ.
--Hooker.
You did wisely and honestly too, notwithstanding
She is the greatest beauty in the parish.
--Fielding.
Notwithstanding that, notwithstanding; although.
These days were ages to him, notwithstanding that he
was basking in the smiles of the pretty Mary.
--W.
Irving.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
adv. nevertheless, all the same. conj. although. n. An instance of the word "notwithstanding", often characteristic of legalese. prep. in spite of, despite.
WordNet
adv. despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go" [syn: however, nevertheless, withal, still, yet, all the same, even so, nonetheless]
Wikipedia
Notwithstanding is a short story collection by British author Louis de Bernières. Published in 2009, it was inspired by Wormley, the Surrey village in which he grew up during the 1960s and 1970s.
Usage examples of "notwithstanding".
Notwithstanding the clearest evidence of his integrity, which was not impeached even by the voice of an accuser, Lucian was condemned, almost without a trial, to suffer a cruel and ignominious punishment.
But, notwithstanding the diligence of the public messengers, a friend of Macrinus found means to apprise him of the approaching danger.
Notwithstanding the English and French cruisers, ships loaded with slaves leave the coasts of Angola and Mozambique every year to transport negroes to various parts of the world, and, it must be said, of the civilized world.
Hetherton liked being late at church, and so, notwithstanding that the Colonel had worked himself into a tempest of excitement, had tied and untied her bonnet-strings half a dozen times, changed her rich basquine for a thread lace mantilla, and then, just as the bell from St.
Meanwhile, Sir John Bellamy was being examined in court, and, notwithstanding the almost aggressive innocence of his appearance, he was not having a very good time.
Notwithstanding the repairs bestowed on that ancient edifice by a king of Cappadocia, it was again fallen to decay.
And yet, notwithstanding all this concensus of praise from writers of different epochs, it does not appear that the Betony, under chemical analysis and research, shows itself as containing any special medicinal or curative constituents.
Notwithstanding the severe justice which he exercised against the assassins of Probus, to whose favor and esteem he was highly indebted, he could not escape the suspicion of being accessory to a deed from whence he derived the principal advantage.
But notwithstanding this frequent confusion of interests, it is easy to attain what natural philosophers, after Lord Bacon, have affected to call the experimentum crucis, or that experiment which points out the right way in any doubt or ambiguity.
Yet, notwithstanding this flattering appeal, the most prudent of the assembly declined exposing their safety and dignity to the caprice of an armed multitude.
Diligence notwithstanding, when Marill and Roberts actually connected the two machines, the results were mixed.
Notwithstanding these precautions, his Prussian majesty, to guard as much as could be against every possible event, sent a great number of gunners and matrasses from Pomerania to Memel, with three regiments of his troops, to reinforce the garrison of that place.
Amid all their loud uproar, and notwithstanding the wild anger which seemed to consume them, the people turned at intervals of a few minutes to glance back towards the Mellah gate.
And howsoeuer she may be thought greedie of other mens Dominions, she sent to Parma very noble and excellent Ambassadours, who being delayed from day to day, from moneth to moneth, without any thing accomplished, she notwithstanding tooke it patiently, and suffered so farre these dangerous delayes, that the Spanish Souldiers panting with haste and greedinesse for the blood and butcherie of her Maiestie, and people most deare vnto her, were come vpon her coastes, and before her doores.
It was a point of view to which Roland still held, Eddie felt quite sure, notwithstanding the fact that, while riding Blaine the Mono, their lives had been saved by a few well-timed silly questions.