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wythoute

wythoute is the obsolete spelling of without.

Meaning of without

Preposition

without

  1. (archaic, literary) Outside of, beyond.
    • MACBETH: There's blood upon your face.
      FIRST MURDERER: 'Tis Banquo's then.
      MACBETH: 'Tis better thee without than he within.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    Antonyms:
    within
  2. Not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.
    • It was a mistake to leave my house without a coat.
    Antonyms:
    with
  3. Not doing or not having done something.
    • He likes to eat everything without sharing.

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Questions about wythoute

What is wythoute the obsolete spelling of?
Wythoute is the obsolete spelling of without.

Words near wythoute in the dictionary

  1. Wythoff construction
  2. Wythoff constructions
  3. Wythoffian
  4. Wythoffs
  5. Wythop Mill
  6. wythoute
  7. wythowt
  8. wythowte
  9. wyting
  10. Wyton
  11. Wytons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wythoute (page history and authors); without (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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