Yea

[Yea]

Yea sounds like "yay" and is another word for "yes." It's often paired with "nay" when taking a vote in formal government or law and sometimes when asking friends if they want to get together, "Yea or nay?"

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Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes.

Noun
an affirmative; "The yeas have it"

Adverb
not only so, but; "I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice"

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Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes.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.

Yea

Yea (y&amac; ∨ y&emac;; 277), adv. [OE. ye, ya, 'f4e, 'f4a, AS. ge'a0; akin to OFries. g, i, OS., D., OHG., G., Dan. & Sw. ja, Icel, j'be, Goth. ja, jai, and probably to Gr. truly, verily. . 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 Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes.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.

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.

&hand; 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

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

Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes.

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

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Usage Examples

Misspelled Form

Yea, Yea, ea, Yea, Ywea, Y3ea, Y4ea, Yrea, Ysea, Ydea, Ywa, Y3a, Y4a, Yra, Ysa, Yda, Yewa, Ye3a, Ye4a, Yera, Yesa, Yeda, Yeqa, Yewa, Yesa, Yeza, Yeq, Yew, Yes, Yez, Yeaq, Yeaw, Yeas, Yeaz.