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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Yea

/(yā [or] yē; 277)/ · IPA /jeɪ/
01 adv. Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes.
  1. 1.
    Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes. See: Yes
    “Let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay.” — Matt. v. 37.
  2. 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. See: Nay
    “I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.” — Phil. i. 18.
02 n. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays.
  1. 1.
    An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays.