About The Word Aye
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What's The Definition Of Aye?Synonyms | Synonyms for Aye: Related Terms | Find terms related to Aye: acceptance | accord | acquiescence | affirmation | affirmative | affirmative attitude | affirmative voice | affirmativeness | agreed | agreement | amen | approbation | approval | assent | Australian ballot | ballot | blessing | canvass | canvassing | casting vote | compliance | con | connivance | consent | counting heads | cumulative voting | deciding vote | division | eagerness | endorsement | enfranchisement | fagot vote | franchise | graveyard vote | hand vote | Hare system | interest | list system | nay | no | nod | nod of assent | nontransferable vote | OK | okay | permission | plebiscite | plebiscitum | plumper | plural vote | poll | polling | preferential voting | pro | promptitude | promptness | proportional representation | proxy | ratification | readiness | record vote | referendum | representation | right to vote | rising vote | sanction | say | secret ballot | show of hands | side | single vote | snap vote | straw vote | submission | suffrage | the affirmative | the negative | thumbs-up | transferable vote | ungrudgingness | unloathness | unreluctance | viva voce | voice | voice vote | vote | voting | voting right | willingness | write-in | write-in vote | yea | yeas and nays | yea-saying | yep | yes See Also | Aye In Webster's Dictionary \Aye\, Ay \Ay\, adv. [Perh. a modification of yea, or from
the interjection of admiration or astonishment, OE. ei, ey,
why, hey, ay, well, ah, ha. Cf. MHG. & G. ei, Dan. ej. Or
perh. akin to aye ever.]
Yes; yea; -- a word expressing assent, or an affirmative
answer to a question. It is much used in viva voce voting in
legislative bodies, etc.
Note: This word is written I in the early editions of
Shakespeare and other old writers.
\Aye\, n. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, ``To call for the ayes and noes;'' ``The ayes have it.'' \Aye\, Ay \Ay\, adv. [Icel. ei, ey; akin to AS. [=a], [=a]wa, always, Goth. aiws an age, Icel. [ae]fi, OHG, ?wa, L. aevum, Gr. ? an age, ?, ?, ever, always, G. je, Skr. ?va course. ?,?. Cf. {Age}, v., {Either}, a., {Or}, conj.] Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time. For his mercies aye endure. --Milton. {For aye}, {always}; forever; eternally. |
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