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Definitions of Unless
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Save; except. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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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. Webster Dictionary DB
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If not; in case not; on condition that not. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
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At or for less: if not: supposing that not. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
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Except and unless were common formerly as conjuctions, nearly or quite interchangeable (“Except thou make thyself a prince over us.”-Num. xvi. 18), but the former is now comparatively seldom used in that way (at least with the verb directly expressed), having usually a prepositional force. In the Bible except (conj.) occurs eight or ten times as often as unless. The special function of except is to introduce an exception to a general statement; of unless to introduce a restriction, limitation, or alternative. “So that he could not be impleaded in any civil court except on criminal charges.”-Hallam. “And made it hard for any nation to be thenceforth safe except by its sheer strength."-Kinglake. "A releif was a sum of money (unless where charter or custom introduced a different tribute) due from every one of full age, etc."-Hallam. "Except when it happens that the people are turned aside for a moment the foreigner has good grounds for inferring that whatever the policy of England may be, it will not be altogether unstable."-Kinglake. "In Europe, all States except the five great Powers are exempt from the duty of watching over the general safety; and even a State which is one of the five great Powers is not practically under an obligation to sustain the cause of justice unless its perception of the wrong is reinforced by a sense of its own interests."-Kinglake. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
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Except; if not. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
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If it be not a fact that; supposing that ... not. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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Except; if not; supposing that not. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
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un-les', conj. at or for less: if not: supposing that not: save, except. [Formerly on les, on lesse, in phrase on lesse that, in less than.] gutenberg.org/ebooks/37683
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If not, except when, as shall (not) go u. I hear from him, u. absolutely compelled, always walked u. I had a bicycle; u. & until (verbose for until in condit. use, cf. if& when). [French] Concise Oxford Dictionary
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conj. [Anglo-Saxon] Except, that is, remove or dismiss the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows; if not; supposing that not. Cabinet Dictionary
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