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–adverb
1.yes.
–noun
2.an affirmative vote or voter, esp. in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
Also, ay.


[Origin: 1570–80; earlier sp. I, of uncert. orig.]
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aye 1 also ay    Audio Help   (ī)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   An affirmative vote or voter: The ayes outnumber the nays on this issue.

adv.   Yes; yea: voted aye on the appropriations bill.


[Perhaps from Middle English *ayye : ay, always; see aye2 + ye, yes; see yea.]

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aye 2 also ay    Audio Help   (ā)  Pronunciation Key 
adv.   Always; ever: pledged their love for aye.


[Middle English ai, from Old Norse ei; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]

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aye  (1)
"assent," 1576, perhaps a variant of I, meaning "I assent," or an alt. of M.E. yai "yes."

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aye  (2)
"always, ever," c.1200, from O.N. ei "ever" (cognate with O.E. a "always, ever"), from PIE *aiw- "vital force, life, long life, eternity" (cf. Gk. aion "age, eternity," L. aevum "space of time;" see eon).

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Aye

Aught\, n. [OE. aught, ought, awiht, AS. [=a]wiht, [=a] ever + wiht. [root]136. See Aye ever, and Whit, Wight.] Anything; any part. [Also written ought.]

There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. --Josh. xxi. 45

But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. --Addison.
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Aye

Ay\, adv. Same as Aye.
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Aye

Aye\, Ay \Ay\, adv. [Perh. a modification of yea, or from the interjection of admiration or astonishment, OE. ei, ey, why, hey, ay, well, ah, ha. Cf. MHG. & G. ei, Dan. ej. Or perh. akin to aye ever.] Yes; yea; -- a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. It is much used in viva voce voting in legislative bodies, etc.

Note: This word is written I in the early editions of Shakespeare and other old writers.
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