Say

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Essay; trial; attempt.

II. Say ·noun A kind of silk or satin.

III. Say ·Impf Saw.

IV. Say ·noun Tried quality; temper; proof.

V. Say ·noun A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth.

VI. Say ·noun Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack.

VII. Say ·vt To Try; to Assay.

VIII. Say ·vt A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.

IX. Say ·vi To Speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to Reply.

X. Say ·vt To utter or express in words; to Tell; to Speak; to Declare; as, he said many wise things.

XI. Say ·vt To Repeat; to Rehearse; to Recite; to Pronounce; as, to say a lesson.

XII. Say ·vt 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.

XIII. Say ·vt To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose;

— in the ·imv, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles.

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