within 
The grete and olde cytie of Anthyoche, where seynt 
Petre preched and dyd many myraclea, and there he bap- 
tysed abone .x-M. men within .vij. dayes. 
Sir R. Ouyl/urde, Pylgrymage, p. 48. 
We arrived mthin this hour. Sheridan, The Rivals, 1. 2. 
(ct) Not exceeding the space of ; during ; throughout. 
He should maintaine possession in some of those vast 
Countries icUhin the tearme of siie years. 
Capt. John Smith, Works, I. 80. 
(<l) So as not to exceed or overpass ; under ; below ; as, to 
live tcithin one's income. 
AUe the children that weren in Bethlem, and in all e the 
eendis of it, fro two 3eer age and with ynne. 
Wydi/, Mat ii. 16. 
'Tis a good rule, eat within your Stomack, act within 
your Commission. Selden, Table-Talk, p. 88. 
I therefore bid them look upon themselves as no better 
than a kind of assassins and murderers within the law. 
Addison, Tatler, No. 131. 
5. In ; in the purview, scope, or sphere of ac- 
tion of. 
Againe I see, within my glass of Steele, 
But foure estates, to serue eche country Soyle. 
Qascoigne, .Steele Glas (ed. Arber), p. 57. 
Both he and she are still wUhin my pow'r. 
Dryden, Aurengzebe, L 1. 
After living for three years within the subtile Influence 
of an intellect like Emerson's. 
Hawthorne, Scarlet Letter, Int, p. 27. 
6f. In advance of; before. 
The fifth [time of prayerL two houres trithin night, be- 
fore they goe to sleepe. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 29*2. 
It was seen, several nights together, in the west, about 
an hour within the night 
N. Morton, New England's Memorial, p. 328. 
7t. All but ; lacking. 
I served three years, within a bit, under his honour, in 
the Eoyal Inniskillions. Sheridan, St. Patrick's Day, i. 1. 
TogetwitMnonet. Seer^^i.— Wheels within wheels. 
See wheeli.— Within call, compass, hall, etc. See the 
nouns.— within landt, inland. 
The Pories dwell an hundred miles within Land, are low 
like the Wayanasses, line on Piiienuts, and small Cocos as 
bigge as Apples. Purchai, Pilgrimage, p. 840. 
Within one's hand. See hand. 
Withmfortht (wi-snin'forth), adv. [< ME. with- 
inne-forth; <. within + forth^.'\ Within. 
The formes that resten withinne-forth. 
Chaucer, Boethins, v. prose 5. 
Beware of the false prophetes that come to you in the 
clothinge of shepe, and yet withir\furth been rauenous 
wolnes. Sir T. More, Works, p. 281. 
Withir\forth, farther into the flrme land, Inhablte the 
Candei. Holland, tr. of Pliny, vl. 29. 
Withinside (wi-THin'sid), adv. [< within + 
«tdel.] In the inner part; on the inside. 
A small oval picture of a young lady . . . that was fixed 
in a pannel within-sidx of the door. 
Graves, Spiritual Quixote, iv. 12. 
withnayt (wiTH-na'), v. t. [< ME. withnayen; 
< with- + nay.'] To refuge ; deny. 
Yit if thai withnay 
Her fmyt, the fattest roote away Uial tere, 
PaUadiut, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 102. 
without (wi-THouf), adv., prep., and cotij. [< 
ME. withoute, withouteii, trithute, withuten, wit- 
ute, wituten, < AS.withutan (= Icel. vithutan), on 
the outside of, < tvith, against, + Utan, outside, 
from without: see out.'] I. adv. 1. On or as 
to the outside ; outwardly; externally. 
Pitch It [the ark] within and without. Oen. vt 14. 
The Dukes Palace seemeth to be faire, but I was not in 
it, onely I saw it without. Coryat, Crudities, I. 99. 
Z. Out of doors; outside, as of a room or a 
house. 
Sir, there 's a gentlewoman without would speak with 
your worship. 
Beau, and Fl., Knight of Burning Pestle, iv. 3. 
Their doors are barr'd against a bitter flout : 
Snarl, if you please, but you shall snarl without 
Dryden, tr. of Persius's Satires, i. 217. 
3. As regards external acts or the outer life ; 
externally. 
Without unspotted, innocent within. 
She feared no danger, for she knew no sin. 
Dryden, Hind and Panther, i. 3. 
From without, from the outside : opposed to/rom with- 
in: as, sounds yrorn without reached their ears. 
These were /rom icithotU 
The growing miseries. Milton, P. L., x. 714. 
The object of the historian's imitation is not within 
him, it is furnished from without. 
Macaulay, Sir James Mackintosh. 
n. prep. 1. Outside of; at or on the exterior 
or outside of; external to; out of: opposed to 
within: as, without the walls. 
With in the Cytee and with oute ben many fayre Gar- 
dynes, and of dyverse frutes. MandeciUe, Travels, p. 123. 
Then without the doore, thrice to the South, every one 
bowing his knee in honour of the fire. 
Capt. John Smith, Works, 1. 34. 
I do nut feel it, I do not think of it ; it Is a thing with- 
out me. B. Jomon, Bartholomew Fair, Iv. 4. 
6955 
Their boat was cast away upon a strand without Tyong 
Island. Winthrop, Hist New England, II. 39. 
At such a time the mind of the prosperous man goes, 
as it were, abroad, among things uithout him. 
Steele, Spectator, No. 19. 
I was received . . . with great civility by the superior, 
who met us without the gate. 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. i. 225. 
2. Out of the limits, compass, range, reach, or 
powers of; beyond. 
The ages that succeed, and stand far off 
To gaze at your high prudence, shall admire. 
And reckon it an act wilhmU your sex. 
B. Jonmn, Sejanus, ii. 1. 
As to the Palace of Versailles (which is yet some 
Miles further, within the Mountainous Country, not un- 
like Black-Heath or Tunbridge), 'tis without dispute the 
most magnificent of any in Europe. 
Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 201. 
Eternity, before the world and after, is without our 
reach. T. Burnet, Theory of the Earth. 
3. Lacking ; destitute of ; exempt or free from ; 
unconnected with ; independent of : noting loss, 
absence, negation, privation, etc.: as, to be icith- 
oiit money; to do without sleep; without possi- 
bility of error; without h&Tai. 
Thei seyn that, whan he schalle come in to another 
World, he schalle not ben with outen an Hows, ne with 
owten Hora, ne with outen Gold and Sylver. 
MandeiUle, Travels, p. 253. 
Noe times have bene without badd men. 
Spenser, State of Ireland. 
Now, ladies, to glad your aspects once again with the 
sight of Love, and make a spring smile in your faces, 
which must have looked like winter without me. 
B. Jonson, Challenge at Tilt 
King John lived to have three Wives. His first was 
Alice, Daughter of Hubert Earl of Morton, who left him a 
WMdower without Issue. Baker, Chronicles, p. 74. 
Hee gave him wisdome at his request, and riches with- 
out asking. Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
Having marked the hour of relieving guard, and made 
all necessary observations, he retired without being dis- 
covered. Irving, Granada, p. 29. 
The darkness was intense, we were ignorant of the ford 
and without guides, and were encumbered with nearly two 
hundred wounded, whom we were unwilling to abandon. 
The Century, XLI. 411. 
In colloquial language the object is frequently omitted 
after this preposition, especially in such phrases aato do 
without, to go without : as, they can give me no assistance, 
BO I must do without. 
And nice affections wavering stood in doubt 
If best were as it is, or best without. 
Shak., Lover's Complaint, 1. 9S. 
Cold wltbout. See coid.— Indorsement without re- 
course. See indorsement. — To go Without saying. 
See (70.— Without book, day, dispute, distinction, 
dreadt. See the nouns.- Without falL See faili.— 
Without more bones. See twi«i— without preju- 
dlce,prlce, reserve. See the nouns. 
III. coiij. U'ithoKt is sometimes used to gov- 
ern a substantive clause introduced by thai, 
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 speak- 
ers and writers. 
Withoute that she myght have his loue ageyn. 
She were on don for euere in certayne. 
Oenerydes (E. E. T. S.X 1. 475. 
And it is so sumptuous and so straunge a werke that it 
passeth fer my reason and vnderstondynge to make any 
reporte of it, without I shulde apayre the fame thereof. 
Sir R. Guyl/orde, Pylgrymage, p. 79. 
He may stay him ; marry, not unthout the prince be will- 
ing. Shak., Much Ado, iii. 3. 86. 
We should make no mention of what concerns ourselves, 
unthout it be of matters wherein our friends ought to re- 
joice. Steele, Spectator, No. 100. 
I needs must break 
These bonds that so defame me : not without 
She wills it: would I if she will'd it? 
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
without-door (wi-THout'dor), «. Outdoor; ex- 
terior; outward; external. 
Praise her but for this her without-door form. 
Shak., W. T., ii. 1. 69. 
withoutet, withoutent, adv., prep., and conj. 
Obsolete forms of without. 
Without-fortht (wi-THout'forth), a*). [< ME. 
without forth , with-oute forth, uithouten-forth; < 
without +forthi.] Without. 
Ymagynaciouns of sensible things weeren enpreynted 
into Bowles fro bodies uithoute-forth. 
Chaucer, Boethius, iv. meter 4. 
Also rarely used adjectively. 
The wythoutforth [var. forei/n, p. 33) landys and tene- 
mentis of citezens which shalbe mynesters of the cite 
shalbe bounde to conserue theym ageynst the Kynge vn- 
damaged forthere offyces as there tenementis wythin the 
citee. Arnold's Chron. (1602X p. 9. 
withoutsidet (wi-THout'sid), adv. [< without + 
«frfel.J Outside; externally; on the outside. 
withwind 
Not meeting with him, I fancy'd he had some private 
Way up the Chimney. ... So, Sir, I tum'd my Coat here, 
to save it clean, and up I scrambled ; but when I came 
withoutside, I saw nobody there. 
Mrs. Centlivre, Marplot, ii. 1. 
Why does that lawyer wear black? does he carry his 
conscience withoutside? Congreve, Love for Love, iv. 6. 
'Withsafet (wiTH-saf), «'• [Early mod. E. %oyth- 
safe, witsafe, withsave; appar. an artificial for- 
mation, < with- + safe, in imitation ot vouchsafe. 
There may have been some confusion with 
withsay, withsay implying ' oppose ' and withsafe 
'consent.'] I. trans. To make safe; assure. 
Now must I seek some other ways 
Myself for to u-ithsave. 
Wyatt, He Eepenteth that He had Ever Loved. 
II. intrans. To vouchsafe ; deign. 
I un/thsa/e, I am content to do a thyng. Je daigne. . . . 
I was wonte to crouche and knele to hym, and I do nat 
withsafe to looke upon hym. Palsgrave, p. 783. 
withsaint. Infinitive of withsay. Chaucer. 
withsayt (wiTH-sa'), v. t. [ME. withseyen, with- 
seggen, withsiggen; < with^ + say^.] To speak 
against ; contradict ; deny ; refuse. 
That i with-segge, 
Ne schal ihc hit biginne. 
Til i suddene winne. 
King Horn (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1276. 
Finally, what wight that it withseyde. 
It was for nought. Chaux:er, Troilus, iv. 215. 
Of soch thynge herde I neuer speke, but by youre sem- 
blaunte ye seme alle worthi men, and therfore I will in 
no wise with-sey that ye requere, and be ye right welcome. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 204. 
Withsayert (wiTH-sa'^r), n. [ME. withseier; < 
withsay + -frl.] One who withsays; an oppo- 
nent. 
That he be mysti to much styre in holsum docti-yne, 
and the withseieris to with stonde. 
Wydi/, Pref. Ep., p. 63. 
withsett (wiTH-sef), V. t. [< ME. withsetten 
(= G. widersetzen) ; < with'^ + set^, v.] To set 
against ; resist ; oppose ; withstand. 
More-ouer thou hast holi writt 
that cleerli schewith thee goostli ligt 
How thou schuldist deedli synne with-sett. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 185. 
Of God the more grace thou hast serteyn. 
If thou with-sett the devyl in his dede. 
Coventry Mysteries, p. 212. 
with-sitt, V. t. [ME. withsitten; < with + sif^.] 
To oppose ; contradict ; withstand. 
Was no beggere so bolde bote-yf he blynde were. 
That dorst with-sitte that Peeres seyde for fere of syre 
Hunger. Piers Plowman (C), ix. 202. 
withstand (wiTH-stand'), r. ; pret. and pp. with- 
stood, ppr. withstanding. [< ME. ivithstanden , 
withstonden (pret. withstod. pp. withstonde), < 
AS. withstandan (pret. withstod, pp. withstan- 
den) (= Icel. vilhstanda ; at. G. widerstehen), 
resist, withstand, < with, against, + standan, 
stand: see with^ and stand, v.] I. trans. To 
stand against ; oppose; resist, either with physi- 
cal or with moral force: frequently with an im- 
plication of effectual resistance; resist or op- 
pose successfully: as, to withstand the storm. 
My goynge graunted is by parlanient 
So ferforth that it may not be ^cithstonde. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 1298. 
Wythstande the seruaunte that praysith the, for ellys he 
thynkyth the for to deceyve. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 31. 
When Peter was come to .Antioch, I mthstood him to 
the face. Gal. ii. 11. 
Youth and health have ivithstood well the involuntary 
and voluntary hardships of her lot. 
George Eliot, Mill on the Floss, v. 1. 
Poor beauty ! Time and fortune's wrong 
No shape nor feature may withstand; 
The wrecks are scattereil all along. 
Like emptied sea-shells on the sand. 
0. W. Holmes, Mare Rubrum. 
= Syn. Resist, etc. (see oppose), confront, face. 
II. intrans. To make a stand; resist; show 
resistance. 
All affermyt hit fast with a fyn wyll, 
Sane Ector the honorable, that egerly withstod, 
Disasent to the dede, Sc dernely he sayde 
"Hit is falshcd in faythe * of fer cast! " 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 7849. 
But Fate withstands, and to oppose the attempt 
Medusa with Gorgonian terrour guards 
The ford. Milton, P. L., ii. 610. 
withstander (wiTH-stan'd^r), n. [< withstand 
+ -«»•!.] One who withstands; an opponent; 
a resisting power. 
■withwind (with' wind), )i. [Also withywind ; < 
ME. withwinde, withewynde, < AS. withewinde, 
withwindc (= MD. wcdewindc; cf. Icel. vithvin- 
dill = Dan. vedhende), < withthe, withig, a flexi- 
ble twig, -t- *winde, < windan, wind: see withe, 
withy, and wind^.] The bindweed, Convolvulus 
