prep. & adv.
prep. 1 not having, feeling, or showing (came without any money; without hesitation; without any emotion). 2 with freedom from (without fear; without embarrassment). 3 in the absence of (cannot live without you; the train left without us). 4 with neglect or avoidance of (do not leave without telling me). °Use as a conj., as in do not leave without you tell me, is non-standard. 5 archaic outside (without the city wall).
adv. archaic or literary 1 outside (seen from without). 2 out of doors (remained shivering without). 3 in outward appearance (rough without but kind within). 4 outside the city walls (Bishopsgate without). without end infinite, eternal.
[ OE withutan (as WITH, utan from outside, formed as OUT) ]