- 1. conj. 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. Source: opted
- 2. 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. Source: webster
- 3. Upon any less condition than (the fact or thing stated in thesentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that not; if itbe not; were it not that; except; as, we shall fail unless we areindustrious. Source: adambom
- 4. c:100 conj. 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. Source: ecdict
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