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Definition of Yea
1. Adverb. Not only so, but. "I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice"
2. Noun. An affirmative. "The yeas have it"
Definition of Yea
1. adv. Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes.
2. n. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays.
3. adv. Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes.
4. n. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays.
Definition of Yea
1. Adverb. (dated) yes ¹
2. Adverb. Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture) ¹
3. Interjection. (context: in some dialects of American English, including Southern, Western, and African American Vernacular) yeah, right, yes ¹
4. Interjection. (misspelling of yeah) ¹
5. Noun. An affirmative vote, usually but not always spoken ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Yea
1. an affirmative vote [n -S]
Medical Definition of Yea
1. 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 Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes.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. "I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice." (Phil. I. 18) 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?" Origin: OE. Ye, ya, ye, ya, AS. Gea; akin to OFries. Ge, i.e., OS, D, OHG, G, Dan. & Sw. Ja, Icel, ja, Goth. Ja, jai, and probably to Gr. "h^ truly, verily. Cf. Yes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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