Yea Definition

yeas
adverb
Yes.
Webster's New World
Indeed; truly; verily.
Webster's New World
Not only that, but more; moreover.
A thousand, yea, ten thousand.
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(dated) Yes.

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Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture)

The pony was yea high.
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noun
yeas
An affirmative statement or vote.
Webster's New World
A person voting in the affirmative.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
interjection
Yes.
Webster's New World
Hurrah.
Webster's New World

(in some dialects of American English, including Southern, Western, and African American Vernacular) Yeah, right, yes.

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Common misspelling of yeah.

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Other Word Forms of Yea

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Singular:
yea
Plural:
yeas

Origin of Yea

  • From Middle English ye, ȝea, from Old English Ä¡Ä“a, (“yea, yes"), from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so"), from Proto-Indo-European *yÄ“ (“already"). Cognate with Scots yea, ya (“yes, yea, indeed, so"), Saterland Frisian ja (“yes"), West Frisian ja (“yes"), Dutch ja (“yes"), German ja (“yes, yea"), Swedish ja, jo (“yes, well, indeed"), Icelandic (“yes"), Latin iam (“now, already").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English gēa i- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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