Yea \Yea\ (y[=a] or y[=e]; 277), adv. [OE. ye, ya, [yogh]e,
[yogh]a, AS. ge['a]; akin to OFries. g[=e], i[=e], OS., D.,
OHG., G., Dan. & Sw. ja, Icel, j[=a], Goth. ja, jai, and
probably to Gr. "h^ truly, verily. [root]188. Cf. Yes.]
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1. Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or
an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by
yes. See Yes.
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Let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay.
--Matt. v. 37.
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2. More than this; not only so, but; -- used to mark the
addition of a more specific or more emphatic clause. Cf.
Nay, adv., 2.
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I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. --Phil.
i. 18.
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Note: 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?" --Gen. iii. 1.
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Yea \Yea\, n.
An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a
vote by yeas and nays.
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Note: In the Scriptures, yea is used as a sign of certainty
or stability. "All the promises of God in him are yea,
and in him Amen." --2 Cor. i. 20.
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