yea

adverb

1. 1

   datedYes, indeed.

   1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum Yea, and the prophet of the heav'nly lyre, / Great Solomon sings in the English quire […]

   Let no man say that the Devil is not a cruel tyrant. He may give his folk some scrapings of unhallowed pleasure, but he will exact tithes, yea, of anise and cummin, in return, and there is aye the reckoning to pay at the hinder end.

   Something of the curate's aptitude for abasement came to him at that moment, and he wept, yea, holding with both hands to Miss Gimblet, in his grief he wept aloud, while Miss Gimblet wiped his countenance with her handkerchief and wept a little, too.

2. 2

   datedThus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture by way of measurement).

   This kid... What'd he look like? / Well, he was about yea high. You know, tiny like. I didn't get a good look at him, though. He was back in the kitchen.

conjunction

1. 1

   archaicOr even, or more like, nay. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.

   O stay, three lives in one flea spare, Where we almost, yea, more than married are.

interjection

1. 1

   datedYeah, right, yes.

noun

1. 1

   datedAn affirmative vote, usually but not always spoken

   Recently senators could fax in their yeas or nays to the committee chairman.

interjection

1. 1

   Variant of yeahdatedAlternative spelling of yeah.

interjection

1. 1

   Variant of yaydatedMisspelling of yay.

Forms

plural

yeas