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(s), obs. imp. of See. Saw. Chaucer. Say (s), n.[Aphetic form of assay.] 1. Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. [Obs.] If those principal works of God . . . be but certain tastes and says, as it were, of that final benefit. Hooker. Thy tongue some say of breeding breathes. Shak. 2. Tried quality; temper; proof. [Obs.] He found a sword of better say. Spenser. 3. Essay; trial; attempt. [Obs.] To give a say at, to attempt. B. Jonson. Say v. t.To try; to assay. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Say n.[OE. saie, F. saie, fr. L. saga, equiv. to sagum, sagus, a coarse woolen mantle; cf. Gr. sa°gos. See Sagum.] 1. A kind of silk or satin. [Obs.] Thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord! Shak. 2. A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. [Obs.] His garment neither was of silk nor say. Spenser. Say v. t.[imp. & p. p.Said (sd), contracted from sayed; p. pr. & vb. n.Saying.] [OE. seggen, seyen, siggen, sayen, sayn, AS. secgan; akin to OS. seggian, D. zeggen, LG. seggen, OHG. sagn, G. sagen, Icel. segja, Sw. sga, Dan. sige, Lith. sakyti; cf. OL. insece tell, relate, Gr. 'e°nnepe (for 'en-sepe), 'e°spete. Cf. Saga, Saw a saying.] 1. To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things. Arise, and say how thou camest here. Shak. 2. To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson. Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated In what thou hadst to say? Shak. After which shall be said or sung the following hymn. Bk. of Com. Prayer. 3. To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to. But what it is, hard is to say. Milton. 4. To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose Say v. i.To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge. Shak. To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us to hear a husband divulge his household privacies? Milton. Say n.[From Say, v. t.; cf. Saw a saying.] A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb. [Archaic or Colloq.] He no sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap. L'Estrange. That strange palmer's boding say, That fell so ominous and drear Full on the object of his fear. Sir W. Scott. スポンサード リンク
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