·noun An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays.
II. Yea ·adv More than this; not only so, but;
— used to mark the addition of a more specific or more emphatic clause. ·cf. Nay, ·adv, 2.
III. Yea ·adv Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. ·see Yes.