[with.out] prep [ME withoute, fr. OE withutan, fr. with + utan outside, fr. ut out--more at out] (bef. 12c) 1: outside 2--used as a function word to indicate the absence or lack of something or someone "fight ~ fear" "left ~ him" "looks ~ seeing"
[2]without adv (bef. 12c) 1: on the outside: externally
2: with something lacking or absent "has learned to do ~" [3]without conj (14c) chiefly dial: unless "you don't know about me ~ you have read a book --Mark Twain" [4]without n (15c): an outer place or area "came from ~"