aye

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  1. noun An affirmative vote or voter: The ayes outnumber the nays on this issue.
  2. adverb Yes; yea: voted aye on the appropriations bill.
  3. adverb Always; ever: pledged their love for aye.

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  1. Perhaps from Middle English *ayye : ay, always; see aye2 + ye, yes; see yea.
  2. Middle English ai, from Old Norse ei; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.
 

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