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Without \With*out"\, prep. [OE. withoute, withouten, AS.
wi[eth]?tan; wi[eth] with, against, toward ?tan outside,
fr. ?t out. See {With}, prep., {Out}.]
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1. On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without
doors.
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Without the gate
Some drive the cars, and some the coursers rein.
--Dryden.
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2. Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond.
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Eternity, before the world and after, is without our
reach. --T. Burnet.
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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.
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I wolde it do withouten negligence. --Chaucer.
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Wise men will do it without a law. --Bacon.
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Without the separation of the two monarchies, the
most advantageous terms . . . must end in our
destruction. --Addison.
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There is no living with thee nor without thee.
--Tatler.
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{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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Without \With*out"\, adv.
1. On or art the outside; not on the inside; not within;
outwardly; externally.
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Without were fightings, within were fears. --2 Cor.
vii. 5.
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2. Outside of the house; out of doors.
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The people came unto the house without. --Chaucer.
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Without \With*out"\, conj.
Unless; except; -- introducing a clause.
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You will never live to my age without you keep
yourselves in breath with exercise, and in heart with
joyfulness. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Note: Now rarely used by good writers or speakers.
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