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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
nay
adv 1: not this merely but also; not only so but; "each of us is
peculiar, nay, in a sense unique"
n 1: a negative; "the nays have it" [ant: yea]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
nay \nay\ (n[=a]), adv. [Icel. nei; akin to E. no. See No,
adv.]
1. No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request
made, now superseded by no. Opposed to aye or yea.
See also Yes.
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And eke when I say "ye," ne say not "nay."
--Chaucer.
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I tell you nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all
likewise perish. --Luke xiii.
3.
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And now do they thrust us out privily? nay, verily;
but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
--Acts xvi.
37.
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He that will not when he may,
When he would he shall have nay. --Old Prov.
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Note: Before the time of Henry VIII. nay was used to answer
simple questions, and no was used when the form of the
question involved a negative expression; nay was the
simple form, no the emphatic. --Skeat.
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2. Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to
mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or
more emphatic phrase.
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Note: Nay in this sense may be interchanged with yea. "Were
he my brother, nay, my kingdom's heir." --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Nay \Nay\, n.; pl. Nays.
1. Denial; refusal.
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2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative.
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It is no nay, there is no denying it. [Obs.] --haucer.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Nay \Nay\, v. t. & i.
To refuse. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
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Thesaurus Results for nay:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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