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UNLESS
Etymology
onlesse, from on lesse, from "on a less condition" ("on" became un-).
Conjunction
unless
Except on a specified condition; if not.
If not; used with counterfactual conditionals.
Except if; used with hypothetical conditionals.
Antonyms
• (except on a condition): if
Source: Wiktionary
Un*less", conj. Etym: [Formerly, onles, onlesse, onlesse that, that is, in less, in a less case. See On, and Less.]
Definition: 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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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