withoute

See also: wiþoute

English

Adverb

withoute (not comparable)

  1. Archaic spelling of without.

Preposition

withoute

  1. Archaic spelling of without.

Anagrams

Middle English

Conjunction

withoute

  1. unless, except (introducing a clause)
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XV:
      And whanne this old man had sayd thus he came to one of tho knyghtes and sayd I haue lost alle that I haue sette in the / For thou hast rulyd the ageynste me as a warryour and vsed wrong werres with vayne glory more for the pleasyr of the world than to please me / therfor thow shalt be confounded withoute thow yelde me my tresour
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