SAY
- Definiția din dicționar
Traducere: română
Notă: Puteţi căuta fiecare cuvânt din cadrul definiţiei printr-un simplu click pe cuvântul dorit.
Say (s&ā;), obs. imp. of See. Saw. Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
Say (s&ā;), n. [Aphetic form of assay.] 1. Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
If those principal works of God . . . be but certain tastes and says, as it were, of that final benefit.
Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
Thy tongue some say of breeding breathes.
Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Tried quality; temper; proof. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
He found a sword of better say.
Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
3. Essay; trial; attempt. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
To give a say at, to attempt. B. Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
Say, v. t. To try; to assay. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
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.]
[1913 Webster]
Thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord!
Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
His garment neither was of silk nor say.
Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
Say, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Said (sĕd), 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. sag&ē;n, G. sagen, Icel. segja, Sw. s&ä;ga, 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.
[1913 Webster]
Arise, and say how thou camest here.
Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson.
[1913 Webster]
Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated
In what thou hadst to say?
Shak.
[1913 Webster]
After which shall be said or sung the following hymn.
Bk. of Com. Prayer.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
But what it is, hard is to say.
Milton.
[1913 Webster]
4. To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles.
[1913 Webster]
Say, for nonpayment that the debt should double,
Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble?
Shak.
[1913 Webster]
It is said, or They say, it is commonly reported; it is rumored; people assert or maintain. -- That is to say, that is; in other words; otherwise.
[1913 Webster]
Say, v. i. To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
[1913 Webster]
You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge.
Shak.
[1913 Webster]
To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us to hear a husband divulge his household privacies?
Milton.
[1913 Webster]
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.]
[1913 Webster]
He no sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap.
L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]
That strange palmer's boding say,
That fell so ominous and drear
Full on the object of his fear.
Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
