YEA
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Yea (y&ā; or y&ē;; 277), adv. [OE. ye, ya, &yogh_;e, &yogh_;a, AS. geá; akin to OFries. g&ē;, i&ē;, OS., D., OHG., G., Dan. & Sw. ja, Icel, j&ā;, Goth. ja, jai, and probably to Gr. "h^ truly, verily. √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 Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes.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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&hand_; 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, n. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays.
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&hand_; 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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