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& conj. [Eng. how, and ever.) A. As adverb: state. 1. In whatever manner or degree; in whatever "However the busine goes, you have made fault." Shakesp.: Winter's Tale , iii. 2. 2. At all events; at least; in any case. "To enjoy, if it may be, all good, however the chiefest." -Til lots on. B. As conj .: Neverthele , yet, notwithstanding, still, though. "These forty-four proctors, however , were almost all of one mind."- Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. xiv. howff, houff, v. i. [HowFF, 8.] To resort to a place; to frequent; to haunt.