Aye
[aɪ]
Definition
(adv.) Alt. of Ay
(n.) An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, "To call for the ayes and noes;" "The ayes have it."
(a.) Alt. of Ay
Typed by Aileen
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Yes.
ad. [Poetical.] Always, for ever.
Checker: Seymour
Definition
adv. ever: always: for ever.—For aye For ever and aye for ever to all eternity.—In combination with sense of 'ever ' as in Shakespeare's 'aye-remaining ' &c."
Editor: Robert
Examples
- Aye, very true, my dear, cried the latter, though Jane had not spoken a wordI was just going to say the same thing. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Aye, truly; well said! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There are sixty-three pages, and some patient monk has spent months, aye, perhaps years, in making it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He swore that Amelia was an angel, to which Osborne said aye with all his heart. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Aye, I wonder which she will. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Everybody remember it's our Laurie, and say, 'Aye! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Aye, there's the genius and the wonder of the thing! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I'll swear I saw coffin written in every page of the book in large black letters,--aye, and they carried one close to me, in the streets to-night. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Aye, we men are sad fellows. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Aye, if you like. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Aye, aye, mistress, it's you, is it? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Aye, but they might teach me wrong! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Aye, Sir, free enough for honest folks. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Aye, none other, please your worship. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Veneering says, 'As many as are of that opinion, say Aye,--contrary, No--the Ayes have it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Veneering says, 'As many as are of that opinion, say Aye,--contrary, No--the Ayes have it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Terence