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Say v. t. To try; to assay. (Obs.)

Say v. t. (past & past part. said; pres. part. saying)

To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things. "Arise, and say how thou camest here."

To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson. "Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated In what thou hadst to say?" "After which shall be said or sung the following hymn."

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. "But what it is, hard is to say."

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. "Say, for nonpayment that the debt should double, Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble?"

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.

Say v. i. (past & past part. said; pres. part. saying) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. "You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge." "To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us to hear a husband divulge his household privacies?"

Say past obs.. Saw.

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Say n.

Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. (Obs.) "If those principal works of God... be but certain tastes and says, as it were, of that final benefit." "Thy tongue some say of breeding breathes."

Tried quality; temper; proof. (Obs.) "He found a sword of better say."

Essay; trial; attempt. (Obs.)

To give a say at, to attempt.

Say n.

A kind of silk or satin. (Obs.) "Thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord!"

A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. (Obs.) "His garment neither was of silk nor say."

Say n. A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb. (Archaic or Colloq.) "He no sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap." "That strange palmer's boding say, That fell so ominous and drear Full on the object of his fear."

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"Say" Quotes from Famous Books

... to try anything against you tonight, Major. I should say they'd give you a miss in baulk, for they must believe you invulnerable. Still, I'm going with you to ...

— The Elephant God • Gordon Casserly

... the maddened run at which Selinus scaled those steep hills caught their officer's attention. I had rehearsed what I meant to say and wasted no words. What I said conveyed ...

— Andivius Hedulio • Edward Lucas White

... about the screw being fouled," said Fitz. "I say, take the glass. They're doing something which I can't make ...

— Fitz the Filibuster • George Manville Fenn

... that father of her'n passed in his checks to-night. He'd got one warning from the Vigilantes, and yesterday they found out he was in with this gang, and they was a-going for him; but when the telegram come, he put a pistol to his head and saved them all trouble. Good riddance to everybody, I say. The sheriff's here now, and is going east on the next train to get them fellows. He's got a big posse together, and I wouldn't wonder if they was hard to hold in, after the 'boys ...

— The Denver Express - From "Belgravia" for January, 1884 • A. A. Hayes

... wager the papers aren't far from the land. That would be his way—to keep the papers near the land. 'A place for everything and everything in its place,' he used to say. What more natural than that he'd have ...

— The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay - The Secret of the Red Oar • Margaret Penrose

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