yea
/jeɪ/
adverb
- Yes; used to express affirmation or agreement, especially in formal voting or old-fashioned speech.
- All in favor, say 'yea'.
- Yea, I shall go with you to the market.
- The final vote was 15 yea and 10 nay.
- Used to emphasize a statement, meaning 'indeed' or 'truly' (often in biblical or formal contexts).
- He was a great leader, yea, the greatest of his time.
- She was not just kind, yea, she was generous to a fault.
- Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.
Antonyms
noun
- An affirmative vote or voter.
- The yeas have it, so the motion passes.
- She counted the yeas and nays on the board.
- There were twenty yeas and only three nays.