"yea" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /jeɪ/, /jiː/ [obsolete] Audio: en-us-yea.ogg [US]
enPR: yā, yī Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English ye, ȝea, ya, ȝa, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”), from Proto-West Germanic *jā, from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”), from Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”). Cognate with Scots yea, ya (“yes, yea, indeed, so”), Saterland Frisian ja, jee (“yes”), West Frisian ja (“yes”), Dutch ja (“yes”), German ja (“yes, yea”), Danish ja (“yes, yea”), Swedish ja, jo (“yes, well, indeed”), Icelandic já (“yes”), Latin iam (“now, already”), Italian già (“now, already”), Spanish ya (“now, already”), Polish już (“already”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ye}} Middle English ye, {{m|enm|ȝea}} ȝea, {{m|enm|ya}} ya, {{m|enm|ȝa}} ȝa, {{inh|en|ang|ġēa}} Old English ġēa, {{m|ang|iā|t=yea, yes}} iā (“yea, yes”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*jā}} Proto-West Germanic *jā, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*ja|t=yes, thus, so}} Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*Hyós|*yē|t=already}} Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”), {{cog|sco|yea}} Scots yea, {{m|sco|ya|t=yes, yea, indeed, so}} ya (“yes, yea, indeed, so”), {{cog|stq|ja}} Saterland Frisian ja, {{m|stq|jee|t=yes}} jee (“yes”), {{cog|fy|ja|t=yes}} West Frisian ja (“yes”), {{cog|nl|ja|t=yes}} Dutch ja (“yes”), {{cog|de|ja|t=yes, yea}} German ja (“yes, yea”), {{cog|da|ja|t=yes, yea}} Danish ja (“yes, yea”), {{cog|sv|ja}} Swedish ja, {{m|sv|jo|t=yes, well, indeed}} jo (“yes, well, indeed”), {{cog|is|já|t=yes}} Icelandic já (“yes”), {{cog|la|iam|t=now, already}} Latin iam (“now, already”), {{cog|it|già|t=now, already}} Italian già (“now, already”), {{cog|es|ya|t=now, already}} Spanish ya (“now, already”), {{cog|pl|już|t=already}} Polish już (“already”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} yea (not comparable)
  1. (dated) Yes, indeed. Tags: dated, not-comparable Synonyms (yes): aye, yep, yes, yup, yeah, yigh (english: when contradicting)
    Sense id: en-yea-en-adv-3Qm3r3fE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 25 15 3 7 3 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 44 21 13 4 8 3 7 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 46 17 10 9 9 4 5 Disambiguation of 'yes': 98 2
  2. (dated) Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture by way of measurement). Tags: dated, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-yea-en-adv-lsZZwwVN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Conjunction

IPA: /jeɪ/, /jiː/ [obsolete] Audio: en-us-yea.ogg [US]
enPR: yā, yī Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English ye, ȝea, ya, ȝa, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”), from Proto-West Germanic *jā, from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”), from Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”). Cognate with Scots yea, ya (“yes, yea, indeed, so”), Saterland Frisian ja, jee (“yes”), West Frisian ja (“yes”), Dutch ja (“yes”), German ja (“yes, yea”), Danish ja (“yes, yea”), Swedish ja, jo (“yes, well, indeed”), Icelandic já (“yes”), Latin iam (“now, already”), Italian già (“now, already”), Spanish ya (“now, already”), Polish już (“already”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ye}} Middle English ye, {{m|enm|ȝea}} ȝea, {{m|enm|ya}} ya, {{m|enm|ȝa}} ȝa, {{inh|en|ang|ġēa}} Old English ġēa, {{m|ang|iā|t=yea, yes}} iā (“yea, yes”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*jā}} Proto-West Germanic *jā, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*ja|t=yes, thus, so}} Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*Hyós|*yē|t=already}} Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”), {{cog|sco|yea}} Scots yea, {{m|sco|ya|t=yes, yea, indeed, so}} ya (“yes, yea, indeed, so”), {{cog|stq|ja}} Saterland Frisian ja, {{m|stq|jee|t=yes}} jee (“yes”), {{cog|fy|ja|t=yes}} West Frisian ja (“yes”), {{cog|nl|ja|t=yes}} Dutch ja (“yes”), {{cog|de|ja|t=yes, yea}} German ja (“yes, yea”), {{cog|da|ja|t=yes, yea}} Danish ja (“yes, yea”), {{cog|sv|ja}} Swedish ja, {{m|sv|jo|t=yes, well, indeed}} jo (“yes, well, indeed”), {{cog|is|já|t=yes}} Icelandic já (“yes”), {{cog|la|iam|t=now, already}} Latin iam (“now, already”), {{cog|it|già|t=now, already}} Italian già (“now, already”), {{cog|es|ya|t=now, already}} Spanish ya (“now, already”), {{cog|pl|już|t=already}} Polish już (“already”) Head templates: {{en-con}} yea
  1. (archaic) Or even, or more like, nay. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-yea-en-conj-FTBM88cF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Interjection

IPA: /jeɪ/, /jiː/ [obsolete] Audio: en-us-yea.ogg [US]
enPR: yā, yī Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English ye, ȝea, ya, ȝa, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”), from Proto-West Germanic *jā, from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”), from Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”). Cognate with Scots yea, ya (“yes, yea, indeed, so”), Saterland Frisian ja, jee (“yes”), West Frisian ja (“yes”), Dutch ja (“yes”), German ja (“yes, yea”), Danish ja (“yes, yea”), Swedish ja, jo (“yes, well, indeed”), Icelandic já (“yes”), Latin iam (“now, already”), Italian già (“now, already”), Spanish ya (“now, already”), Polish już (“already”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ye}} Middle English ye, {{m|enm|ȝea}} ȝea, {{m|enm|ya}} ya, {{m|enm|ȝa}} ȝa, {{inh|en|ang|ġēa}} Old English ġēa, {{m|ang|iā|t=yea, yes}} iā (“yea, yes”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*jā}} Proto-West Germanic *jā, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*ja|t=yes, thus, so}} Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*Hyós|*yē|t=already}} Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”), {{cog|sco|yea}} Scots yea, {{m|sco|ya|t=yes, yea, indeed, so}} ya (“yes, yea, indeed, so”), {{cog|stq|ja}} Saterland Frisian ja, {{m|stq|jee|t=yes}} jee (“yes”), {{cog|fy|ja|t=yes}} West Frisian ja (“yes”), {{cog|nl|ja|t=yes}} Dutch ja (“yes”), {{cog|de|ja|t=yes, yea}} German ja (“yes, yea”), {{cog|da|ja|t=yes, yea}} Danish ja (“yes, yea”), {{cog|sv|ja}} Swedish ja, {{m|sv|jo|t=yes, well, indeed}} jo (“yes, well, indeed”), {{cog|is|já|t=yes}} Icelandic já (“yes”), {{cog|la|iam|t=now, already}} Latin iam (“now, already”), {{cog|it|già|t=now, already}} Italian già (“now, already”), {{cog|es|ya|t=now, already}} Spanish ya (“now, already”), {{cog|pl|już|t=already}} Polish już (“already”) Head templates: {{en-interj}} yea
  1. (in some dialects of American English, including Southern, Western, and African American Vernacular) Yeah, right, yes. Tags: Southern, Western, dialectal, including
    Sense id: en-yea-en-intj-Gnr2PF2Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Interjection

IPA: /ˈjɛ(ə)/, /ˈjæ.ə/ Audio: en-us-yeah.ogg [US], en-us-yeah-interjection.ogg [US, interjection]
Rhymes: -ɛə Etymology: From yeah. Etymology templates: {{m|en|yeah}} yeah Head templates: {{en-interj}} yea
  1. (nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative spelling of yeah Tags: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard, proscribed Alternative form of: yeah
    Sense id: en-yea-en-intj-MTzDPc-v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Interjection

IPA: /jeɪ/
enPR: yā Etymology: See yay. Etymology templates: {{m|en|yay}} yay Head templates: {{en-interj}} yea
  1. Misspelling of yay. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: yay
    Sense id: en-yea-en-intj-akcup3BA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /jeɪ/, /jiː/ [obsolete] Audio: en-us-yea.ogg [US] Forms: yeas [plural]
enPR: yā, yī Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English ye, ȝea, ya, ȝa, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”), from Proto-West Germanic *jā, from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”), from Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”). Cognate with Scots yea, ya (“yes, yea, indeed, so”), Saterland Frisian ja, jee (“yes”), West Frisian ja (“yes”), Dutch ja (“yes”), German ja (“yes, yea”), Danish ja (“yes, yea”), Swedish ja, jo (“yes, well, indeed”), Icelandic já (“yes”), Latin iam (“now, already”), Italian già (“now, already”), Spanish ya (“now, already”), Polish już (“already”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ye}} Middle English ye, {{m|enm|ȝea}} ȝea, {{m|enm|ya}} ya, {{m|enm|ȝa}} ȝa, {{inh|en|ang|ġēa}} Old English ġēa, {{m|ang|iā|t=yea, yes}} iā (“yea, yes”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*jā}} Proto-West Germanic *jā, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*ja|t=yes, thus, so}} Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*Hyós|*yē|t=already}} Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”), {{cog|sco|yea}} Scots yea, {{m|sco|ya|t=yes, yea, indeed, so}} ya (“yes, yea, indeed, so”), {{cog|stq|ja}} Saterland Frisian ja, {{m|stq|jee|t=yes}} jee (“yes”), {{cog|fy|ja|t=yes}} West Frisian ja (“yes”), {{cog|nl|ja|t=yes}} Dutch ja (“yes”), {{cog|de|ja|t=yes, yea}} German ja (“yes, yea”), {{cog|da|ja|t=yes, yea}} Danish ja (“yes, yea”), {{cog|sv|ja}} Swedish ja, {{m|sv|jo|t=yes, well, indeed}} jo (“yes, well, indeed”), {{cog|is|já|t=yes}} Icelandic já (“yes”), {{cog|la|iam|t=now, already}} Latin iam (“now, already”), {{cog|it|già|t=now, already}} Italian già (“now, already”), {{cog|es|ya|t=now, already}} Spanish ya (“now, already”), {{cog|pl|już|t=already}} Polish już (“already”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} yea (plural yeas)
  1. An affirmative vote, usually but not always spoken
    Sense id: en-yea-en-noun-qIBbXMxm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "nay"
    },
    {
      "word": "no"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English ye",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
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      },
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        "3": "ġēa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ġēa",
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      },
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*Hyós",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "yea"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots yea",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ya",
        "t": "yes, yea, indeed, so"
      },
      "expansion": "ya (“yes, yea, indeed, so”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "ja"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian ja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "jee",
        "t": "yes"
      },
      "expansion": "jee (“yes”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "ja",
        "t": "yes"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian ja (“yes”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ja",
        "t": "yes"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch ja (“yes”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ja",
        "t": "yes, yea"
      },
      "expansion": "German ja (“yes, yea”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "ja",
        "t": "yes, yea"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish ja (“yes, yea”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ja"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish ja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "jo",
        "t": "yes, well, indeed"
      },
      "expansion": "jo (“yes, well, indeed”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "já",
        "t": "yes"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic já (“yes”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "iam",
        "t": "now, already"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin iam (“now, already”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "già",
        "t": "now, already"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian già (“now, already”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "ya",
        "t": "now, already"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish ya (“now, already”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "już",
        "t": "already"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish już (“already”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "yea (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 25 15 3 7 3 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 21 13 4 8 3 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 17 10 9 9 4 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English heteronyms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum\nYea, and the prophet of the heav'nly lyre, / Great Solomon sings in the English quire […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide",
          "text": "Let no man say that the Devil is not a cruel tyrant. He may give his folk some scrapings of unhallowed pleasure, but he will exact tithes, yea, of anise and cummin, in return, and there is aye the reckoning to pay at the hinder end.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Yes, indeed."
      ],
      "id": "en-yea-en-adv-3Qm3r3fE",
      "links": [
        [
          "Yes",
          "yes"
        ],
        [
          "indeed",
          "indeed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) Yes, indeed."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "sense": "yes",
          "word": "aye"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "sense": "yes",
          "word": "yep"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "sense": "yes",
          "word": "yes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "sense": "yes",
          "word": "yup"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "sense": "yes",
          "word": "yeah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "english": "when contradicting",
          "sense": "yes",
          "word": "yigh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The pony was yea high."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture by way of measurement)."
      ],
      "id": "en-yea-en-adv-lsZZwwVN",
      "links": [
        [
          "Thus",
          "thus"
        ],
        [
          "so",
          "so"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture by way of measurement)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jeɪ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː/",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "yay"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Ye"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-yea.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ca/En-us-yea.ogg/En-us-yea.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/En-us-yea.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "yā"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "yī"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "yes and no"
  ],
  "word": "yea"
}

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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English ye",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ȝea"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ya"
      },
      "expansion": "ya",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ȝa"
      },
      "expansion": "ȝa",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ġēa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ġēa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "iā",
        "t": "yea, yes"
      },
      "expansion": "iā (“yea, yes”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*jā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *jā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ja",
        "t": "yes, thus, so"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*Hyós",
        "4": "*yē",
        "t": "already"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "yea"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots yea",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ya",
        "t": "yes, yea, indeed, so"
      },
      "expansion": "ya (“yes, yea, indeed, so”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "1": "de",
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      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "ja",
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
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      "args": {
        "1": "es",
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      "args": {
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        {
          "ref": "1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide",
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      "sense": "yes",
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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          "ref": "1604, Jeremy Corderoy, A Short Dialogve, wherein is Proved, that No Man can be Saved without Good VVorkes, 2nd edition, Oxford: Printed by Ioseph Barnes, and are to be sold in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Crowne, by Simon Waterson, →OCLC, page 40",
          "text": "[N]ow ſuch a liue vngodly, vvithout a care of doing the wil of the Lord (though they profeſſe him in their mouths, yea though they beleeue and acknowledge all the Articles of the Creed, yea haue knowledge of the Scripturs) yet if they liue vngodly, they deny God, and therefore ſhal be denied, […]\n(with modern spelling) [N]ow such a life ungodly, without a care of doing the will of the Lord (though they profess him in their mouths, yea though they believe and acknowledge all the Articles of the Creed, yea have knowledge of the Scriptures) yet if they live ungodly, they deny God, and therefore shall be denied",
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        "1": "fy",
        "2": "ja",
        "t": "yes"
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        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ja",
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      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "ja",
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "iam",
        "t": "now, already"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "già",
        "t": "now, already"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "już",
        "t": "already"
      },
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}

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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ja",
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    {
      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "is",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "iam",
        "t": "now, already"
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      "expansion": "Latin iam (“now, already”)",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "già",
        "t": "now, already"
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "ya",
        "t": "now, already"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "już",
        "t": "already"
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      "expansion": "Polish już (“already”)",
      "name": "cog"
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      "enpr": "yī"
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        "(nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative spelling of yeah"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjɛ(ə)/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈjæ.ə/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛə"
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  "etymology_text": "See yay.",
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