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Webster 1913 Edition


Ay

Ay

,
int
erj.
Ah! alas!
Ay me! I fondly dream ‘Had ye been there.’”
Milton.

Ay

,
adv.
Same as
Aye
.
{

Aye

,

Ay

}
,
adv.
[Perh. a modification of
yea
, or from the interjection of admiration or astonishment, OE.
ei
,
ey
, why, hey, ay, well, ah, ha. Cf. MHG. & G.
ei
, Dan.
ej
. Or perh. akin to
aye
ever.]
Yes; yea; – a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. It is much used in viva voce voting in legislative bodies, etc.
☞ This word is written I in the early editions of Shakespeare and other old writers.
{

Aye

,

Ay

}
,
adv.
[Icel.
ei
,
ey
; akin to AS.
,
āwa
, always, Goth.
aiws
an age, Icel.
æfi
, OHG,
[GREEK]wa
, L.
aevum
, Gr. [GREEK] an age, [GREEK], [GREEK], ever, always, G.
je
, Skr.
[GREEK]va
course. [GREEK], [GREEK]. Cf.
Age
,
Verb.
,
Either
,
Adj.
,
Or
,
conj
.]
Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time.
For his mercies
aye
endure.
Milton.
For aye
,
always
; forever; eternally.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ay

AY

,

Definition 2024


ấy

ấy

See also: ay, Ay, AY, , āy, , -ay, and -aþ

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Alternative forms

Determiner

ấy

  1. that