yea

yea
/yay/, adv.
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.
n.
4. an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
5. a person who votes in the affirmative.
[bef. 900; ME ye, ya, OE gea; c. D, G, ON, Goth ja]

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