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Yea Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Yea? [n] an affirmative; "The yeas have it" [adv] not only so, but; "I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Yea: yeah Related Terms \| Find terms related to Yea: See Also \| affirmative Yea In Webster's Dictionary \Yea\ (y[=a] or y[=e]; 277), adv. [OE. ye, ya, [yogh]e, [yogh]a, AS. ge['a]; akin to OFries. g[=e], i[=e], OS., D., OHG., G., Dan. & Sw. ja, Icel, j[=a], Goth. ja, jai, and probably to Gr. "h^ truly, verily. [root]188. Cf. {Yes}.] 1. Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See {Yes}. Let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay. --Matt. v. 37. 2. More than this; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition of a more specific or more emphatic clause. Cf. {Nay}, adv., 2. I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. --Phil. i. 18. Note: Yea sometimes introduces a clause, with the sense of indeed, verily, truly. ``Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?'' --Gen. iii. 1. \Yea\, n. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays. Note: In the Scriptures, yea is used as a sign of certainty or stability. ``All the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen.'' --2 Cor. i. 20.

Yea Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Yea?

[n] an affirmative; "The yeas have it"
[adv] not only so, but; "I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Yea: yeah

Related Terms | Find terms related to Yea:

See Also | affirmative

Yea In Webster's Dictionary

\Yea\ (y[=a] or y[=e]; 277), adv. [OE. ye, ya, [yogh]e,
[yogh]a, AS. ge['a]; akin to OFries. g[=e], i[=e], OS., D.,
OHG., G., Dan. & Sw. ja, Icel, j[=a], Goth. ja, jai, and
probably to Gr. "h^ truly, verily. [root]188. Cf. {Yes}.]
1. Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or
   an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by
   yes. See {Yes}.

         Let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay.
                                               --Matt. v. 37.

2. More than this; not only so, but; -- used to mark the
   addition of a more specific or more emphatic clause. Cf.
   {Nay}, adv., 2.

         I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. --Phil.
                                               i. 18.

Note: Yea sometimes introduces a clause, with the sense of
      indeed, verily, truly. ``Yea, hath God said, Ye shall
      not eat of every tree of the garden?'' --Gen. iii. 1.


\Yea\, n.
An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a
vote by yeas and nays.

Note: In the Scriptures, yea is used as a sign of certainty
      or stability. ``All the promises of God in him are yea,
      and in him Amen.'' --2 Cor. i. 20.

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