The Collaborative International Dictionary
Without \With*out"\, prep. [OE. withoute, withouten, AS. wi[eth]?tan; wi[eth] with, against, toward + ?tan outside, fr. ?t out. See With, prep., Out.]
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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.
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Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond.
Eternity, before the world and after, is without our reach.
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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.
Wiktionary
prep.phr. Without a day being fixed for reconvene.