With-out',1, prep.
prep. [O. Eng. withouten, q. v.; A-S. widhūtan, from widh, with, and ūtan, out, out.]
Sense 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.
Sense 2. Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond.
Eternity, before the world and after, is without our reach. Burnet.
Sense 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 negation or omission of; as, without success; without labor; without damage.
Wise men will do it without a law. Bacon.
Without the separation of the two monarchies, the most advantageous terms from the French must end in our destruction. Addison.
There is no living with thee nor without thee. Tatler.
Sense 4. Unless; except;—introducing a clause, and having the force of a conjunction.
You will never live to my age without you keep yourself in breath with exercise, and in heart with joyfulness. Sidney.
☞ In this sense, now rarely used by good writers or speakers.
Without day (sine die), without the appointment of a day to appear or assemble again; finally dismissed; as, adjourned without day.—Without recourse. See RECOURSE.