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wɪˈθaʊt
Attack by soldiers on the Anabaptists occupying town hall on Dam Square, 11 May 1535. Without the rhyme. Print cut from the book, with text on the reverse.
Attack by soldiers on the Anabaptists occupying town hall on Dam Square, 11 May 1535. Without the rhyme. Print cut from the book, with text on the reverse.
Illustrations
A wedding party where the guests indulge in a meal. A man without wedding clothes wants to join the wedding feast but is stopped by the king who organized the party. He holds that "many are called, but but few are chosen" (Matt. 22:14). In the background, the man is punished by throwing him into hellfire. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a six-part series about the parable of a wedding feast.
A wedding party where the guests indulge in a meal. A man without wedding clothes wants to join the wedding feast but is stopped by the king who organized the party. He holds that "many are called, but but few are chosen" (Matt. 22:14). In the background, the man is punished by throwing him into hellfire. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a six-part series about the parable of a wedding feast.
A relief in stone from Nike without head and arms. The photo is part of the photo series of Greece collected by Richard Polak.
A relief in stone from Nike without head and arms. The photo is part of the photo series of Greece collected by Richard Polak.
An Anabaptist meeting in a home where Anabaptism is practiced. Without the verse. No text on the reverse.
An Anabaptist meeting in a home where Anabaptism is practiced. Without the verse. No text on the reverse.
An Anabaptist meeting in a home where Anabaptism is practiced. Without the verse. Print cut from the book, with text on the reverse.
An Anabaptist meeting in a home where Anabaptism is practiced. Without the verse. Print cut from the book, with text on the reverse.
Mold model (starboard), without details or rig designation. No gun gates or decks indicated. Twisted mirror, no wulf, fence, side gallery or rudder indicated. Sheer ascending to the back and front, no barwoods indicated. Peaked round bilge.
Mold model (starboard), without details or rig designation. No gun gates or decks indicated. Twisted mirror, no wulf, fence, side gallery or rudder indicated. Sheer ascending to the back and front, no barwoods indicated. Peaked round bilge.
The king's guests are seated at the wedding supper. A man without wedding clothes wants to join the wedding feast but is stopped by the king. In the background, the man is punished by throwing him into hellfire. Below the picture a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Mat. 22. This print is part of an album.
The king's guests are seated at the wedding supper. A man without wedding clothes wants to join the wedding feast but is stopped by the king. In the background, the man is punished by throwing him into hellfire. Below the picture a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Mat. 22. This print is part of an album.
An Anabaptist meeting in a home where Anabaptism is practiced. Print cut from the book. Without the verse below the performance.
An Anabaptist meeting in a home where Anabaptism is practiced. Print cut from the book. Without the verse below the performance.
Title print of the pamphlet 'De Arminiaensche vaert naer Spaegnien', without year or place of publication [1618]. Cartoon of the fall of the Arminians. The depiction of this simple engraving shows the sailing of the Arminian ship to Spain. The ship bears inscriptions such as 'Schyn van Deucht' / 'Tholl * Verder' / 'Hoop van Eer' / 'Wie Mach Ons Dieren'. In the vicinity of the ship, other ships sail with weapons from Leiden and Gouda, among others. Above right the ship 'Spae [ns] Bedrog'. Below the performance a two-line verse in Dutch.
Title print of the pamphlet 'De Arminiaensche vaert naer Spaegnien', without year or place of publication [1618]. Cartoon of the fall of the Arminians. The depiction of this simple engraving shows the sailing of the Arminian ship to Spain. The ship bears inscriptions such as 'Schyn van Deucht' / 'Tholl * Verder' / 'Hoop van Eer' / 'Wie Mach Ons Dieren'. In the vicinity of the ship, other ships sail with weapons from Leiden and Gouda, among others. Above right the ship 'Spae [ns] Bedrog'. Below the performance a two-line verse in Dutch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica.
  1. Without
    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.", "Wise men will do it without a law.", "Without the separation of the two monarchies, the most advantageous terms . . . must end in our destruction.", "There is no living with thee nor without thee."
  2. Without
    On or art the outside; not on the inside; not within; outwardly; externally. "Without were fightings, within were fears."
  3. Without
    Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond. "Eternity, before the world and after, is without our reach."
  4. Without
    Outside of the house; out of doors. "The people came unto the house without ."
  5. Without
    Unless; except; -- introducing a clause.☞ Now rarely used by good writers or speakers. "You will never live to my age without you keep yourselves in breath with exercise, and in heart with joyfulness."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
Alaska is the only state without a state motto.
  1. without
    On or as to the outside; outwardly; externally.
  2. without
    Out of doors; outside, as of a room or a house.
  3. without
    As regards external acts or the outer life; externally.
  4. without
    Outside of; at or on the exterior or outside of; external to; out of: opposed to within: as, without the walls.
  5. without
    Out of the limits, compass, range, reach, or powers of; beyond.
  6. without
    Lacking; destitute of; exempt or free from; unconnected with; independent of: noting loss, absence, negation, privation, etc.: as, to be without money; to do without sleep; without possibility of error; without harm.
  7. without
    In colloquial language the object is frequently omitted after this preposition, especially in such phrases as to do without, to go without: as, they can give me no assistance, so I must do without.
  8. without
    Without is sometimes used to govern a substantive clause introduced by that, without that thus signifying unless, except; and then, the that being omitted, it obtains the value of a conjunction (like because, while, since, etc.) in the same sense; but it is now rarely, if ever, used thus by careful and correct speakers and writers.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it was lost during the autopsy
  1. (prep) Without
    with-owt′ outside or out of: beyond: not with: in absence of: not having: except: all but
  2. (adv) Without
    on the outside: out of doors
  3. (conj) Without
    except
Quotations
Benjamin Disraeli
Duty cannot exist without faith.
Benjamin Disraeli
Aristotle
Without friends no one would choose to live.
Aristotle
Marcus T. Cicero
Life is nothing without friendship.
Marcus T. Cicero
George Bernard Shaw
You cannot be a hero without being a coward.
George Bernard Shaw
Amy Carmichael
You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.
Amy Carmichael
Love is seeing without eyes, hearing without ears; hatred is nothing.
Doug Horton
Idioms

Go down without a fight - If someone goes down without a fight, they surrender without putting up any resistance.

Never a rose without the prick - This means that good things always have something bad as well; like the thorns on the stem of a rose.

No smoke without fire - This idiom means that when people suspect something, there is normally a good reason for the suspicion, even if there is no concrete evidence. ('Where's there's smoke, there's fire' is also used.)

Up a river without a paddle - If you up a river without a paddle, you are in an unfortunate situation, unprepared and with none of the resources to remedy the matter.

Without a hitch - If something happens without a hitch, nothing at all goes wrong.

You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs - This idiom means that in order to achieve something or make progress, there are often losers in the process.

Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. withoute, withouten, AS. wiðtan,; wið, with, against, toward + tan, outside, fr. t, out. See With (prep.) Out

Usage in the news

Some of the Southwest Florida candidates running without party affiliation this election season. naplesnews.com

Highmark said affiliation agreement 'was history' without bankruptcy. post-gazette.com

Who was the last GOP president to win without a Bush or Nixon on the ticket. ashingtonpost.com

No other uses are authorized without securing prior permission from the copyright owner. ket.org

The New York Yankees begin life without Derek Jeter on Sunday when they play. 11alive.com

Jordan Marie Shaver was charged Monday in 4th District Court, and is being held in the Ada County Jail without bond. kivitv.com

At least 34 dead, 8.2M without power. ashingtontimes.com

Enjoy Live Plants without the Maintenance. yankeemagazine.com

Without proper equipment adjustment, the benefits of the air door/curtain will be lost. hpac.com

Everyone wants to get up the grades first without sacrificing mileage. trailerlife.com

He saw a future without slavery. pbs.org

You can hardly change channels without seeing another commercial paid for by a group other than the candidate's campaign. philly.com

There's no getting around it: You can't have a parade without these guys. marshallindependent.com

Celebrating Halloween just wouldn't be the same without gathering at Patten Parkway. chattanoogapulse.com

A Super Bowl party without beer is like New Year's Eve without champagne. shape.com

Usage in scientific papers

In the sequel, the graphs we shall consider are always transitive, row-finite, without multiple edges and without loops (of length 1).
On the physical relevance of random walks: an example of random walks on a randomly oriented lattice

FIG. 2: Eigenfunctions of map without noise and without holes.
Lifetimes of noisy repellors

Now in the present example, we consider the flow V generated by a closed 1-form ω without any non-degeneracy condition, even without a Bott-type condition.
Conley Index Theory and Novikov-Morse Theory

Note that in Deutsch-Hayden we have a formalism without collapse and without the addition of determinate values.
Nonlocality and information flow: The approach of Deutsch and Hayden

Thus if one is considering the question of locality in this context, the crucial factor is the assumption of quantum mechanics without a real process of collapse, and without additional variables, rather than anything distinctive about the Deutsch-Hayden approach.
Nonlocality and information flow: The approach of Deutsch and Hayden

Usage in literature

He remains without moving, without unclosing his eyelids. "The Lone Ranche" by Captain Mayne Reid

That it would come with no ordinary strength, and without further warning, there was every reason to believe. "The Three Admirals" by W.H.G. Kingston

Perhaps I caused crosses to her without intending it, and she to me without knowing it. "The Autobiography of Madame Guyon" by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon

Good Lord, what do you think about all day without ideals to guide you? "Erik Dorn" by Ben Hecht

I must be left without the possibility of restoration, without a defender, without an organ. "A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3" by DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

Over twenty in all, without counting their own; some of them shod, but most without iron on the hoof. "The Death Shot" by Mayne Reid

I loved without reason; but I loved now without hope. "The War Trail" by Mayne Reid

You cannot be a Crusoe without a canoe coming to your island, without cannibals appearing one day or another! "Godfrey Morgan" by Jules Verne

Life without love is worse than death; a world without a sun. "Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners" by B.G. Jefferis

His reputation at this time was almost without a parallel: his glory was without a cloud. "Fragments of science, V. 1-2" by John Tyndall

Usage in poetry
There I was, that came of
Folk of mud and name-
I that had my name of
Them without a name.
Lost was life and all its good,
Gone without avail!
All his labour never would
Find the Holy Grail!
Again my sweet friend
Embrace me close.
Yes, heaven does bless us,
And now you have won
My love without end.
The fairest ancestry on earth
Without desert is poor;
And every deed of former worth
Is but a claim for more.
He also left a son, who, without care
Or planning how,
Bore the fair letters of a deathless fame
Upon his brow.
For ages I've wandered without a goal, all alone
Without shade I withered, without repose, faded.
Would you welcome this stranger among your emerald leaves,
I know many stories of wonder and wisdom."