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Definition of "yea" []

  • Yes; aye. (adverb)
  • Indeed; truly: They have spoken, yea, shouted their reply. (adverb)
  • An affirmative statement or vote. (noun)
  • One who votes affirmatively. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "yea" in a sentence
  • "As "yea" is His word, so "Amen" is His oath, which makes our assurance of the fulfilment doubly sure."
  • "Walker's Andrew Jackson, after leading the over-eager troupe through an opening number that repeats the words "Populism yea yea," is next seen playing with wooden dolls as a child who loses his parents to either cholera or Indian attacks."
  • "February 12th, 2010 at 2: 30 pm muzz (brought to you by Screaming Yellow Zonkers) says: bizarrobrain – yea, and with the blind following of the rightwing goons that the trolls do – they are just going to get stupider and stupider by the day"