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Webster 1913 Edition


Nay

Nay

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Nays
.
1.
Denial; refusal.
2.
A negative vote; one who votes in the negative.
It is no nay
,
there is no denying it.
[Obs.]
haucer.

Nay

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
To refuse.
[Obs.]
Holinshed.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nay

NAY

,
adv.
[a contracted word, to deny]
1.
No; a word that expresses negation.
I tell you nay, but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13.
2.
It expresses also refusal.
He that will not when he may, When he would he shall have nay.
[In these senses it is now rarely used; no being substituted.]
3.
Not only so; not this alone; intimating that something is to be added y way of amplification. He requested an answer; nay, he urged it.

NAY

,
Noun.
Denial, refusal.

NAY

,
Verb.
T.
To refuse. [Not in use]

Definition 2024


nạy

nạy

See also: nay, NAY, này, näy, ŋay, and n'ay

Vietnamese

Verb

nạy

  1. to pry something open, to pry, to prize, to prise