yea

UK: /jeɪ/ US: /jeɪ/ ,(yā)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

yea /yeɪ/   adv. 

1. (used in stating agreement) yes.
2. indeed:
   Yea, and she did hear.
3. moreover:
   He was a good, yea, a noble man.

n. [countable]

4. an affirmative reply or vote:
   The yeas have it.
5. a person who votes in the affirmative.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

yea (yā),  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; Middle English ye, ya, Old English gēa; cognate with Dutch, German, Old Norse, Gothic ja

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yea / jeɪ/ sentence_substitute

1. a less common word for aye11

adverb

1. (sentence modifier) indeed; truly: yea, though my enemies spurn me, I shall prevail

Etymology: Old English gēa; related to Old Frisian jē, Old Saxon, Old Norse, Old High German jā, Gothic jai