Chaucer, Boethius

prose 5. Beware of the false prophetes that come to you in the clothinge of shepe, and yet with in furth been rauenous wolues. Sir T. More, Works, p. 281. With in forth, farther into the fir me land, inhabite the Candei. Holland, tr. of Pliny, vi. 29. with inside (wi-Thin's id), adv . [ within - side of the door. that was fixed Graves, Spiritual Quixote, iv. 12. withnayt (with-nā'), v . t . [ Yit if thai withnay Her fruyt, the fattest roote away thai tere. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 102. without (wi-THout'), adv., prep., and conj. [ Pitch it [the ark] within and without . Gen. vi. 14. The Dukes Palace seemeth to be faire, but I was not in it, onely I saw it without . Coryat, Crudities, I. 99. 2. 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. IMG:content-2490.png:[blocks in formation] The object of the historian's imitation is not within him, it is furnished from without. Macaulay , Sir James Mackintosh. II. 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 Gardynes, and of dyverse frutes. Mandeville, 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, I. 34. I do not feel it, I do not think of it; it is a thing with B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, iv. 4. out me. 6955 Their boat was cast away upon a strand without Long Island. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 39. At such a time the mind of the prosperous man goes, as it were, abroad, among things without 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, compa , 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 without your sex. B. Jonson, Sejanus, ii. 1. As to the Palace of Versailles (which is yet some Miles further, within the Mountainous Country, not unlike Black-Heath or Tun bridge), '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 lo , absence, negation, privation, etc.: as, to be with out money; to do without sleep; without po ibility of error; without harm. Thei seyn that, whan he schalle come in to another World, he schalle not ben with outen an Hows, ne with owten Hors, ne with outen Gold and Sylver. Mandeville , 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 Widower without I ue. 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 nece ary observations, he retired without being dis covered. Irving, Granada, p. 29. The darkne 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 as to do without, to go without: as, they can give me no a istance, so 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. 98. Cold without. See cold. - Indorsement without recourse. See indorsement. To go without saying. See go. Without book, day, dispute, distinction, dreadt. See the nouns. - Without fail. See faill. Without more bones. See bonel. Without preju dice, price, reserve. See the nouns. III. conj . Without is sometimes used to govern a substantive clause introduced by that , without that thus signifying unle , 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. Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 475. And it is so sumptuous and so straunge a werke that it pa eth fer my reason and understondynge to make any reporte of it, without I shulde apayre the fame thereof. Sir R. Guylforde , Pylgrymage, p. 79. He may stay him; marry, not without the prince be willing. Shak ., Much Ado, iii. 3. 86. We should make no mention of what concerns ourselves, without it be of matters wherein our friends ought to rejoice. 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, Lance lot and Elaine. without-door (wi-Hout'dor), a. Outdoor; exterior; outward; external. Praise her but for this her without - door form. IMG:content-2491.png:[blocks in formation] withwind Not meeting with him, I fancy'd he had some private Way up the Chimney. So, Sir, I turn'd my Coat here, to save it clean, and up I scrambled; but when I came with outside, I saw nobody there. Mrs. Cent livre, Marplot, ii. 1. Why does that lawyer wear black? does he carry his conscience with outside ? Congreve, Love for Love, iv. 6. withsafet (with-saf'), v. [Early mod. E. wyth safe, witsafe, with save ; appar. an artificial formation, with- + safe , in imitation of vouchsafe . There may have been some confusion with with say, with say implying 'oppose' and with safe 'consent.'] I. trans. To make safe; a ure. Now must I seek some other ways Myself for to with save. Wyatt, He Repenteth that He had Ever Loved. II. in trans. To vouchsafe; deign. I wythsafe, I am content to do a thyng. Je daigne.... I was wonte to crouche and knele to hym, and I do nat with safe to looke upon hym. Palsgrave , p. 783. with saint. Infinitive of with say. Chaucer . withsayt (with-sā'), v . t. [ME. with seyen, with seg gen, with sig gen ; with1 + sayl.] 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. Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 215. Of soch thynge herde I neuer speke, but by youre semblaunte ye seme alle worth i 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-sā'er), n. [ME. withseier; That he be myzti to much styre in holsum doctryne, and the withseieris to with stonde. Wyclif, Pref. Ep., p. 63. with sett (wiTH-set'), v. t. [ wider set zen ); with1 + set1 , v.] To set against; resist; oppose; withstand. More-ouer thou hast holi writt that cleerli schewith thee goostli lișt How thou schul dist 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. with sitten ; with - sitte that Peeres seyde for fere of syre Hunger. Piers Plowman (C), ix. 202. withstand (wiTH-stand'), v.; pret. and pp. with stood, ppr. withstanding. [ My goynge graunted is by par lament So ferforth that it may not be withstonde . 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 withstood him to the face. Gal. ii. 11. Youth and health have withstood well the involuntary and voluntary hardships of her lot. George Eliot, Mill on the Flo , v. 1. Poor beauty! Time and fortune's wrong No shape nor feature may withstand ; The wrecks are scattered all along, Like emptied sea-shells on the sand. O. W. Holmes, Mare Rubrum. =Syn. Resist , etc. (see oppose ), confront, face. II, in trans. To make a stand; resist; show resistance. All affermyt hit fast with a fyn wyll, Saue Ector the honer able, that egerly with -stod, Disasent to the dede, & dernely he sayde "Hit is falshed 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. [ Also rarely used adjectively. The wythoutforth foreyn , p. 33] landys and tene ment is of citezens which shalbe my nesters of the cite shalbe bounde to conserue theym ageynst the Kynge vndamaged for there of fyces as there tenement is wythin the citee. Arnold's Chron. (1502), p. 9. withoutsidet (wi-THout's id), adv. [ + -er1.] One who withstands; an opponent; a resisting power. 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