if so be

English

Conjunction

if so be

1. (archaic) If; if it happens (that); supposing that.

   Synonym: if it be so

Usage notes

• if it happen that, supposing that: a somewhat rhetorical equivalent of simple ‘if’. arch. and dial. (Also occas. if so were that; ellipt. †if so.) .

See also

• be it so
• so be it
• if so

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “if so be”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.