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Definition of Say-so

1. Noun. One chap's arbitrary assertion.

2. Noun. An authoritative declaration.

3. Noun. The power or right to give orders or make decisions. "A place of potency in the state"

Definition of Say-so

1. Noun. Statement than something is so. ¹

2. Noun. (informal) Permission. ¹

3. Noun. Say, voice (in a matter). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Say-so

saxitoxin saxitoxins saxon saxonies saxonite saxonites saxophone saxophones saxophonic saxophonist

saxophonists saxophony saxtuba saxtubas say say-so (current term) say again say cheese say farewell say goodbye

say grace say it, don't spray it say wha say what sayable sayd sayde saye sayed sayeds

Literary usage of Say-so

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"Now (saith he) those that say so are the poor, ignorant, and unstable souls.' A. Cannot ye buy and sell the scriptures, and your sermons, and prayers? ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"We say, so much the worse for geology as at present understood by its chief authorities, for . . . physical considerations render it impossible that more ..."

3. The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart by William Temple (1814)
"His Highness answered, I would not say so much to any other, hut can say more to no man. To Sir Edward Dearing. Sir, Hague, February 18, NS 1676. ..."

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