Without \\With*out"\\, prep. [OE. withoute, withouten, AS. With*out\" 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}.