| 单词 | to say yea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto say yea P1. to say yea: to assent or agree to something. Cf. to say yes at yes adv., n., and int. Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > affirmation and denial > reply affirmatively [verb (intransitive)] to say yeac1425 yea1598 to answer in the affirmativea1626 the mind > language > statement > assent > [verb (intransitive)] ensentc1290 accordc1300 to say yesa1400 senta1400 to say yeac1425 condescend1477 subscribe1531 accede1534 to take a person at his (also her) word1535 homologatea1649 to close with1654 to set one's seal1659 yes1820 yea-say1876 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 3553 (MED) What hem [sc. women] list, be it wrong or riȝt, Þei ay acheue, who seyth ȝe or nay. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid i. Prol. 93 Nocht fullie grantand, nor anis sayand ȝe. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 128 (margin) A folkemot was an assembly of people to say yea or nay to that which should be declared vnto them. 1613 in W. Cramond Church of Aberdour (1896) 9 After..lawful tryell of his knowledge..they may say yea or na to his admission. 1845 R. D. Owen Addr. on Free Inq. 5 If our judgment say no, we must not suffer our interest to say yea. 1891 Contemp. Rev. 59 195 One needs things to be a little more clearly defined before one can say Yea or Nay. 1905 House Beautiful Dec. 28/1 Sometimes we say Yay when we ought to say Nay, and sometimes we say Nay when we would like to say Yea, on account of the source of the invitation. 2006 Canberra Times (Nexis) 19 Aug. b7 A minister advised by bureaucrats to say yea or nay to development. < as lemmas |
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