Definition of "withoute" []

• Archaic spelling of without. (adverb)
• Archaic spelling of without. (preposition)

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• "But yf he haue slaine an catte or a snyte, 18 willingly or vnwillingly: the people ronneth vpon him vppon heapes, and withoute all ordre of Iustice or lawe, in moste miserable wise torment him to death."
• "They compte it a principall blessednes to be withoute those thinges what so euer they be, that bringe sorowe or griefe to their hauers."
• "For the Lawe maker (seeing it was impossible vtterly to be withoute thieues) thought it moche bettre by this meanes that men bare the losse of a piece then to be spoiled of the whole."