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As a pronoun ye

is you (the people being addressed).

As a verb ye

is address a single person by the use of the pronoun {{term||ye}} instead of {{term|thou|lang=en}}.

As an article ye

is the.

As a proper noun Ye

is anglicized version of the 42nd most common Chinese surname.

As an adverb yea is

yes.

As a conjunction yea is

or even, or more like, nay. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.

As an interjection yea is

yeah, right, yes.

As a noun yea is

an affirmative vote, usually but not always spoken.

ye

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ye, . See also you.

Alternative forms

* (chiefly in Middle English)

Pronoun

  • (archaic, outside, Northern England, Cornwall, Ireland) You (the people being addressed).
    • Usage notes
    was originally used only for the nominative case (as the subject), and only for the second-person plural. Later, ye was used as a subject or an object, either singular or plural, which is the way that you is used today.
    Derived terms
    * d'ye * hear ye * ye'd * ye gods * ye'll * ye're * ye've
    References
    *

    Verb

  • (obsolete) a (l) person by the use of the (l) (term) instead of thou.
  • * 1483 , Catholicon Anglicum: An English–Latin Wordbook (Monson 168), page 426
    • To ?e , vosare jn plurali numero vos vestrum vel tibi'' [''perh. read vobis].
  • * 1511 , Promptorium Parvulorum (de Worde), sig. M.iii?/2
    • Yeyn or sey ye with worshyp, viso .
    Synonyms
    * (l) (obsolete)
    Antonyms
    * (l) (obsolete)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , but the letters were conflated when that was dropped.

    Article

    (head)
  • (archaic, definite) the
  • * 1647 , The old deluder, Satan, Act''. (cited in ''American Public School Law , K. Alexander, M. Alexander, 1995)
    • It being one cheife proiect of ye''' ould deluder, Satan, to keepe men from the knowledge of v Scriptures, as in formr times by keeping ym in an unknowne tongue, so in these lattr times by perswading from '''ye''' use of tongues, yt so at least '''ye''' true sence & meaning of '''ye''' originall might be clouded by false glosses of saint seeming deceivers, yt learning may not be buried in '''ye church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting or endeavors,—
  • * Ye Olde Medicine Shoppe .
    • Derived terms
    * ye olde

    Statistics

    *

    Anagrams

    * English personal pronouns English two-letter words ----

    yea

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (dated) yes
  • * Bishop Joseph Hall
    • Yea , have not too many amongst us added to their unreformation an impudence in sinning?
  • Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture)
    • The pony was yea high.

    Synonyms

    * (yes) aye, yep, yes, yup

    Antonyms

    * nay * no

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (archaic) or even, or more like, nay. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.
  • * c. 1633 ,
    • O stay, three lives in one flea spare,
    Where we almost, yea , more than married are.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • yeah, right, yes
  • alternative form of yeah

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An affirmative vote, usually but not always spoken
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 6, , Still Broken After All These Years, New York Times citation
    • , passage=Recently senators could fax in their yeas or nays to the committee chairman. }}

    Anagrams

    *