Found 2 hits - Term: to do without, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
without \without"\, prep. oe. withoute, withouten, as.
wieth?tan; wieth with, against, toward + ?tan outside,
fr. ?t out. see with, prep., out.
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1. on or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without
doors.
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without the gate
some drive the cars, and some the coursers rein.
--dryden.
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2. out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond.
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eternity, before the world and after, is without our
reach. --t. burnet.
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3. 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.
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i wolde it do withouten negligence. --chaucer.
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wise men will do it without a law. --bacon.
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without the separation of the two monarchies, the
most advantageous terms . . . must end in our
destruction. --addison.
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there is no living with thee nor without thee.
--tatler.
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to do without. see under do.
without day a translation of l. sine die, without the
appointment of a day to appear or assemble again; finally;
as, the fortieth congress then adjourned without day.
without recourse. see under recourse.
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see also:
with out to do without do without day without recourse
recourse
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
do \do\, v. i.
1. to act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self.
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they fear not the lord, neither do they after . . .
the law and commandment. -- 2 kings
xvii. 34.
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2. to fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how
he did; how do you do to-day?
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3. perh. a different word. oe. dugen, dowen, to avail, be of
use, as. dugan. see doughty. to succeed; to avail; to
answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be
found, he will make this do.
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you would do well to prefer a bill against all kings
and parliaments since the conquest; and if that
won't do; challenge the crown. -- collier.
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to do by. see under by.
to do for.
a to answer for; to serve as; to suit.
b to put an end to; to ruin; to baffle completely; as, a
goblet is done for when it is broken. colloq.
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some folks are happy and easy in mind when their
victim is stabbed and done for. --thackeray.
to do withal, to help or prevent it. obs. "i could not do
withal." --shak.
to do without, to get along without; to dispense with.
to have done, to have made an end or conclusion; to have
finished; to be quit; to desist.
to have done with, to have completed; to be through with;
to have no further concern with.
well to do, in easy circumstances.
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see also:
doughty to do by by to do for to do withal to do without
to have done to have done with well to do
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