With*out" (?), prep. [OE. withoute, withouten, AS. wi[eth]tan; wi[eth] with, against, toward + tan outside, fr.t out. See With, prep., Out.]
1.
On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without doors.
Without the gate
Some drive the cars, and some the coursers rein.
Dryden.
2.
Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond.
Eternity, before the world and after, is without our reach.
T. Burnet.
3.
Not with; otherwise than with; in absence of, separation from, or destitution of; not with use or employment of; independently of; exclusively of; with omission; as, without labor; without damage.
I wolde it do withouten negligence.
Chaucer.
Wise men will do it without a law.
Bacon.
Without the separation of the two monarchies, the most advantageous terms . . . must end in our destruction.
Addison.
There is no living with thee nor without thee.
Tatler.
To do without. See under Do. -- Without day [a translation of L. sine die], without the appointment of a day to appear or assemble again; finally; as, the Fortieth Congress then adjourned without day. -- Without recourse. See under Recourse.
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With*out", conj.
Unless; except; -- introducing a clause.
You will never live to my age without you keep yourselves in breath with exercise, and in heart with joyfulness.
Sir P. Sidney.
⇒ Now rarely used by good writers or speakers.
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With*out", adv.
1.
On or art the outside; not on the inside; not within; outwardly; externally.
Without were fightings, within were fears.
2 Cor. vii. 5.
2.
Outside of the house; out of doors.
The people came unto the house without.
Chaucer.
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