Yea
[jeɪ] or [je]
Definition
(noun.) an affirmative; 'The yeas have it'.
(adv.) not only so, but; 'I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice'.
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Definition
(adv.) Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes.
(adv.) More than this; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition of a more specific or more emphatic clause. Cf. Nay, adv., 2.
(n.) An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Yes, ay, aye.
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Definition
adv. yes: verily.—adj. (B.) true.—n. an affirmative vote.
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Examples
- Or iver you set up the pole o' your tent amang us, Mr. Moore, we lived i' peace and quietness--yea, I may say, in all loving-kindness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But he who has the courage of existence will put it triumphantly, crying yea as Nietzsche did, and recognizing that all the passions of men are the motive powers of a fine life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Yea, and from a still more potent influence: the worn castaways were to see the blessed land again! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But the mother; yea and that also in good earnest: Peace, son, saith she, I think he be some of the ambassadors' fools. Plato. The Republic.
- To be present at the election of a Protector, and to give our yea or nay for his shuffling Grace of----? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This incident damped the ingenuous youth's spirits, and no word of yea or nay could he be induced to utter during the rest of the drive. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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