| 单词 | to yea it and nay it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto yea it and nay it b. intransitive. To make denial; to say ‘nay’. Also transitive in quot. 1657 in to yea it and nay it. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (intransitive)] warn1297 to say nay?a1300 refusec1400 assoinc1440 escondyte?1518 nay1532 disclaim1560 nay-saya1800 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxxxiiv Yea (quod she) but what if they hadden nayed. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 38 To this gude wemen will not nay, na tyme nor tyde. 1603 in W. Mackay & G. S. Laing Rec. Inverness (1924) II. 18 Johne McMiller nais and Duncan McFerquhar nais. 1657 J. Goodwin Βασανισται 6 [They] refuse to grant the indulgence..but unto such as will..yea it, and nay it, with them from one end of their faith unto the other. 1679 Established Test 23 A..Jesuit..can thou and thee, and yea and nay, as well as the best of them [sc. Quakers]. 1820 Examiner 3 Sept. 573/2 E'en Church wad be her maist obedient;..Praying, Yea-ing, Nay-ing at her. 1943 Thomasville (Georgia) Times-Enterprise 19 Feb. 8/5 Whatever business had been going on down on the floor only those who had been speaking and yeaing and naying knew. 2011 News-Jrnl. (Daytona Beach, Florida) (Nexis) 26 Oct. a5 I wasn't sure if they were yeaing or naying. < as lemmas |
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