(a) Without; ~ biding, without delay, at once; ~ sheue, without attracting attention; (b) ~ delai, without delay, at once; also, assuredly, certainly [quots.: a1475, a1500]; (c) ~ doutaunce(s, ~ doute, without doubt, undoubtedly; assuredly; -- freq. used as rime tag, with diminished force; also, ~ doute as noun, in phrase: with ~ doute, certainly; (d) ~ fable, truly; -- used as rime tag, with diminished force; (e) ~ per, without equal, without peer; also, as noun: peerless one; (f) ~ retoures, inescapably; forest ~ retour, a forest from which no one returns; (g) in epithets & surnames.