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yea

  [yey] ,
Use yea in a Sentence
–adverb
1. yes (used in affirmation or assent).
2. indeed: Yea, and he did come.
3. not only this but even: a good, yea, a noble man.
–noun
4. an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
5. a person who votes in the affirmative.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME ye, ya, OE gēa; c. D, G, ON, Goth ja
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yea   (yā)   
adv.  
  1. Yes; aye.
  2. Indeed; truly: They have spoken, yea, shouted their reply.
n.  
  1. An affirmative statement or vote.
  2. One who votes affirmatively.

[Middle English, from Old English gēa; see i- in Indo-European roots.]
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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.]

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 Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes.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

Let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay. --Matt. v. 37.

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.

I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. --Phil. i. 18.

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.

Yea

Yea\, n. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays.

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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yea 
O.E. gea (W.Saxon), ge (Anglian) "so, yes," an affirmative word in Gmc., cognate with Ger., Dan., Norw., Sw. ja. Spelling yeah first recorded 1905.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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