yessing
adverb
1.
(used to express affirmation or assent or to mark the addition of something emphasizing and amplifying a previous statement): Do you want that? Yes, I do.
2.
(used to express an emphatic contradiction of a previously negative statement or command): Don't do that! Oh, yes I will!
3.
(used, usually interrogatively, to express hesitation, uncertainty, curiosity, etc.): “Yes?” he said as he opened the door. That was a marvelous show! Yes?
4.
(used to express polite or minimal interest or attention.)
noun, plural yes·es.
5.
an affirmative reply.
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Yessing
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
verb (used with object), yessed, yes·sing.
6.
to give an affirmative reply to; give assent or approval to.
interjection
7.
(used as a strong expression of joy, pleasure, or approval.)
Origin:
before 900; Middle English yes, yis, Old English gēse (adv. and noun), probably equivalent to gēa yea + sī be it (present subjunctive singular of bēon to be)
before 900; Middle English yes, yis, Old English gēse (adv. and noun), probably equivalent to gēa yea + sī be it (present subjunctive singular of bēon to be)
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| —sentence substitute | |
| 1. | used to express acknowledgment, affirmation, consent, agreement, or approval or to answer when one is addressed |
| 2. | used, often with interrogative intonation, to signal someone to speak or keep speaking, enter a room, or do something |
| —n | |
| 3. | an answer or vote of yes |
| 4. | (often plural) a person who votes in the affirmative |
| [Old English gēse, from iā sīe may it be; see | |
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