YEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yea mean? 

• YEA (noun)
  The noun YEA has 1 sense:

1. an affirmative

  Familiarity information: YEA used as a noun is very rare.

• YEA (adverb)
  The adverb YEA has 1 sense:

1. not only so, but

  Familiarity information: YEA used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An affirmative

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

The yeas have it

Hypernyms ("yea" is a kind of...):

affirmative (a reply of affirmation)

Antonym:

nay (a negative)

• YEA (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not only so, but

Synonyms:

yea; yeah

Context example:

I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice

 Context examples 

But I saw thee not, that night, when all thy people—yea, even the boys not yet hunters—fell upon the Russians and slew them all.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)