'Yea' definitions:
Definition of 'yea'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Yea'
From: GCIDE
- Yea \Yea\, n. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In the Scriptures, yea is used as a sign of certainty or stability. "All the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen." --2 Cor. i. 20. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Yea'
From: GCIDE
- Yea \Yea\ (y[=a] or y[=e]; 277), adv. [OE. ye, ya, [yogh]e, [yogh]a, AS. ge['a]; akin to OFries. g[=e], i[=e], OS., D., OHG., G., Dan. & Sw. ja, Icel, j[=a], Goth. ja, jai, and probably to Gr. "h^ truly, verily. [root]188. Cf. Yes.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes. [1913 Webster]
- Let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay. --Matt. v. 37. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. --Phil. i. 18. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Yea sometimes introduces a clause, with the sense of indeed, verily, truly. "Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" --Gen. iii. 1. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'yea'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a fortiori,
- above all,
- acceptance,
- additionally,
- adherence,
- admiration,
- affirmative,
- affirmative attitude,
- affirmativeness,
- agreed,
- all right,
- all the more,
- along,
- amen,
- approbation,
- approval,
- as well,
- Australian ballot,
- aye,
- ballot,
- besides,
- blessing,
- canvass,
- canvassing,
- casting vote,
- chiefly,
- countenance,
- counting heads,
- cumulative voting,
- deciding vote,
- division,
- dominantly,
- endorsement,
- enfranchisement,
- especially,
- esteem,
- even,
- ever so,
- fagot vote,
- favor,
- favorable vote,
- first of all,
- franchise,
- graveyard vote,
- hand vote,
- Hare system,
- in chief,
- in the main,
- indeed,
- likewise,
- list system,
- mainly,
- more,
- more than ever,
- moreover,
- mostly,
- nay,
- never so,
- no,
- no end,
- nod,
- nod of assent,
- nontransferable vote,
- OK,
- particularly,
- peculiarly,
- plebiscite,
- plebiscitum,
- plumper,
- plural vote,
- poll,
- polling,
- predominantly,
- preferential voting,
- primarily,
- principally,
- proportional representation,
- proxy,
- record vote,
- referendum,
- representation,
- respect,
- right to vote,
- rising vote,
- sanction,
- say,
- seal of approval,
- secret ballot,
- show of hands,
- single vote,
- snap vote,
- stamp of approval,
- still more,
- straw vote,
- suffrage,
- thumbs-up,
- too,
- transferable vote,
- truly,
- verily,
- viva voce,
- voice,
- voice vote,
- vote,
- voting,
- voting right,
- write-in,
- write-in vote,
- yea vote,
- yea-saying,
- yeas and nays,
- yep,
- yes,
- yet