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yea definition

yea (yā)

adverb

  1. yes: used to express affirmation
  2. indeed; truly; verily: used to introduce a question or statement
  3. Archaic not only that, but more; moreover a thousand, yea, ten thousand

Etymology: ME ye < OE gea, akin to Ger ja

noun

  1. an affirmative statement or vote
  2. a person voting in the affirmative

interjection

  1. yes
  2. hurrah: a short used in cheering for a team

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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