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Definition
(noun.) the chance to speak; 'let him have his say'.
(verb.) indicate; 'The clock says noon'.
(verb.) communicate or express nonverbally; 'What does this painting say?'; 'Did his face say anything about how he felt?'.
(verb.) recite or repeat a fixed text; 'Say grace'; 'She said her `Hail Mary''.
(verb.) state as one's opinion or judgement; declare; 'I say let's forget this whole business'.
(verb.) utter aloud; 'She said `Hello' to everyone in the office'.
Checked by Francis--From WordNet
Definition
(imp.) Saw.
(n.) Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack.
(n.) Tried quality; temper; proof.
(n.) Essay; trial; attempt.
(v. t.) To try; to assay.
(n.) A kind of silk or satin.
(n.) A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth.
(v. t.) To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things.
(v. t.) To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
(v. t.) A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.
Typist: Nola
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Speak, utter, allege, tell, affirm, declare, pronounce.[2]. Repeat, rehearse, recite.
Editor: Will
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Utter, tell, speak, pronounce, declare, assert, allege, affirm, repeat,rehearse, recite, judge
ANT:Suppress, secrete, silentiate, repress, misdeclare, misrecite, misdeliver,missay, misjudge, mispronounce
Editor: Tod
Definition
n. (Scot.) a strainer for milk.
n. (Spens.) assay proof temper (of a sword): (Shak.) taste relish: a sample: trial by sample.—v.t. to assay to try.—n. Say′master one who makes proof.
n. a thin kind of silk: a kind of woollen stuff.—adj. (Shak.) silken.
v.t. to utter in words: to speak: to declare: to state: to answer: to rehearse: to recite: to take for granted.—v.i. to speak: to relate: to state:—pa.t. and pa.p. said (sed).—n. something said: a remark: a speech: a saw.—ns. Say′er one who says: a speaker: one who assays; Say′ing something said: an expression: a maxim; Say′-so an authoritative declaration: a rumour a mere report.—Say to to think of.—It is said or They say it is commonly reputed; It says equivalent to 'it is said;' That is to say in other words.
Typist: Molly
Examples
- I say, said Legree, stamping and whistling to the dogs, wake up, some of you, and keep me company! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He must say he thought a drone the embodiment of a pleasanter and wiser idea. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- What did she say, sister? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- May I say, at parting, that it is the dear object of MY hopes too? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The family don't want her here, and they'll say it's because I've been ill, because I'm a weak old woman, that she's persuaded me. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- That she had chosen to move away from him in this moment of her trouble made everything harder to say, but he must absolutely go on. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Firstly, because I say so; and secondly, because discretion and reserve are a girl's best wisdom. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She didn't' said Oliver. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- You have behaved very ill to me, said his lordship. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You ought not to have come today, she said in an altered voice; and suddenly she turned, flung her arms about him and pressed her lips to his. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- How we shall conciliate this little creature, said Mrs. Bretton to me, I don't know: she tastes nothing, and by her looks, she has not slept. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Nothing, he said, can be more just than such a description of him. Plato. The Republic.
- Still, he said, I do not comprehend you. Plato. The Republic.
- Seest thou, Isaac, said Front-de-Boeuf, the range of iron bars above the glowing charcoal? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Then you don't ask my advice,' says Podsnap. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Old girl, says Mr. Bagnet. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Excuse me, Lady Dedlock, says Mr. Tulkinghorn, quite unmoved. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You're right, says the trooper, and I'll do it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- IF YOU WOULD FORGIVE YOUR ENEMY, says the Malay proverb, FIRST INFLICT A HURT ON HIM; and Lily was experiencing the truth of the apothegm. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Brewer says, 'Oh dear! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Early says in his Memoirs that if we had discovered the confusion in his lines we might have brought fresh troops to his great discomfort. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He has just been saying that he doesn't care to speak of it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- By only raising my voice, and saying any thing two or three times over, she is sure to hear; but then she is used to my voice. Jane Austen. Emma.
- In saying what he said then, he never looked at her; but looked at it and wrenched at it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Why should I mind saying I want to get into society? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And what was Eva saying to Mammy on the stairs? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Little Dorrit tried to stop her from saying anything, but she answered that she would, she must! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I could not help saying, If you were a wicked, designing man, how terrible would all this be! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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