01 adv. Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes.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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Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes.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.
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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.