Yea Definition
yā
yeas
adverb
Yes.
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Indeed; truly; verily.
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Not only that, but more; moreover.
A thousand, yea, ten thousand.
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(dated) Yes.
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noun
yeas
An affirmative statement or vote.
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A person voting in the affirmative.
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Antonyms:
interjection
Yes.
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Hurrah.
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Common misspelling of yeah.
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Other Word Forms of Yea
Noun
Singular:
yea
Plural:
yeasOrigin of Yea
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From Middle English ye, ȝea, from Old English Ä¡Ä“a, iā (“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 já (“yes"), Latin iam (“now, already").
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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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