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Definition of 'To do without'

From: GCIDE

Without \With*out"\, prep. [OE. withoute, withouten, AS. wi[eth]?tan; wi[eth] with, against, toward + ?tan outside, fr. ?t out. See With, prep., Out.] [1913 Webster]
1. On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without doors. [1913 Webster]
Without the gate Some drive the cars, and some the coursers rein. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
2. Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond. [1913 Webster]
Eternity, before the world and after, is without our reach. --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
I wolde it do withouten negligence. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Wise men will do it without a law. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Without the separation of the two monarchies, the most advantageous terms . . . must end in our destruction. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
There is no living with thee nor without thee. --Tatler. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Do \Do\, v. i.
1. To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self. [1913 Webster]
They fear not the Lord, neither do they after . . . the law and commandment. -- 2 Kings xvii. 34. [1913 Webster]
2. To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how he did; how do you do to-day? [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
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.] [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]