Un*less" (?), conj. [Formerly, onles,
onlesse, onlesse that, that is, in less, in a less case. See
On, and Less.] Upon any less condition than (the fact or
thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing
that not; if it be not; were it not that; except; as, we shall fail
unless we are industrious.
&fist; By the omission of the verb in the dependent clause,
unless was frequently used prepositionally, -- a construction common
in Shakespeare and still employed colloquially.
Here nothing breeds unless the nightly
owl.
Shak.
Un*less" (?), conj. [Formerly, onles,
onlesse, onlesse that, that is, in less, in a less case. See
On, and Less.] Upon any less condition than (the fact or
thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing
that not; if it be not; were it not that; except; as, we shall fail
unless we are industrious.
&fist; By the omission of the verb in the dependent clause,
unless was frequently used prepositionally, -- a construction common
in Shakespeare and still employed colloquially.
Here nothing breeds unless the nightly
owl.
Shak.
