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yea (iou)



yea adverb1, interjection, & noun.

A. adverb & interjection. Now arch. & dial.
= YES adverb & interjection. OE.
say yea answer in the affirmative; give assent.
Even; truly. OE-L16.
A. Hall Helene..did him earnestly behold, and swelling yea with wrath.
Indeed, and more. ME.
J. Wesley Some..use improper, yea, indecent, expressions in prayer.
Introducing a reply to a statement, freq. expressing an objection: indeed?; well then. ME.
Tennyson 'Yonder comes a knight.'..'Yea, but one? Wait here, and when he passes fall upon him.'
b. noun.
An utterance of 'yea'; an affirmative reply or statement; an assent. Also, (an) absolute truth, (a) certainty. Now arch. & dial. ME.
An affirmative vote; a person who votes in the affirmative. Now N. Amer. M17.
Phrases & comb.: yea and nay (a) affirmation and denial, esp. alternate affirmation and denial, shilly-shallying; by yea and nay, a formula of asseveration substituted for an oath; (b) attrib. (with hyphens) disposed to assent or deny indifferently; vacillating, ambivalent. yea-say verb trans. & intrans. assent (to). yea-sayer a person who assents or is inclined to assent.
? Opp. NAY adverb, interjection, & noun.