absol. To make refusal.

To refuse, prohibit, voice opposition. With of. Obsolete.

intransitive. To decline acceptance or compliance; to withhold permission. Also figurative.

intransitive. To excuse oneself, decline, refuse.

intransitive. To give a refusal to.

intransitive. To make denial; to say ‘nay’. Also transitive in quot. 1657 in to yea it and nay it.

gen. intransitive. To reject or disavow any part in something. Obsolete.

intransitive. To refuse; to deny. Cf. yea-say, v. 1.