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nay

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nay  (n)
adv.
1. No: All but four Democrats voted nay.
2. And moreover: He was ill-favored, nay, hideous.
n.
1. A denial or refusal.
2. A negative vote or voter.

[Middle English, from Old Norse nei : ne, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + ei, ever; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]

nay
interj
Old-fashioned no
Noun
a person who votes against a motion
Adverb
used for emphasis: I want, nay, need to know [Old Norse nei]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nay - a negative; "the nays have it"
negative - a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative"
yea - an affirmative; "The yeas have it"
Adv.1.nay - not this merely but also; not only so but; "each of us is peculiar, nay, in a sense unique"

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Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honor aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear preoccupateth it; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, pity (which is the tenderest of affections) provoked many to die, out of mere compassion to their sovereign, and as the truest sort of followers.
Nay, an thy horns hold, 'tis no matter for thy head,
But in most creatures, nay in man himself, very often the brow is but a mere strip of alpine land lying along the snow line.
 
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