yea
adverbYes; aye.
adverbIndeed; truly.
nounAn affirmative statement or vote.
nounOne who votes affirmatively.
Yes; ay: a word that expresses affirmation or assent: the opposite of
Indeed; verily; truly; it is so, or is it so? used to introduce a subject.
Used to intimate that something is to be added by way of intensiveness or amplification: Not this alone; not only so but also; what is more. Compare the similar use of nay.
In the authorized version of the Bible, so; thus; true; real; consistent.
Yea is now used only in the sacred, solemn, or formal style. Yea, being mainly a word of assent, was formerly used chiefly in answer to questions framed affirmatively; yes, a stronger term, was chiefly used in answer to questions containing a negative or otherwise implying a doubt. But the distinction does not appear to have been rigidly maintained; and the assertions of the following quotations about yea and yes, like those about nay and no (see