 2 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Unless \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.
Note: 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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "unless":
aside from, bar, barring, beside, besides, but, ex, except,
except for, except that, excepting, excluding, exclusive of,
if not, leaving out, let alone, omitting, outside of, precluding,
save, save and except, saving, than, unless that, were it not,
without
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