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Let me see--yes, there was a 2 and a 3 and then another 2,--I mean so many times around I believe I understand, Mrs. Bangs. You mean twice around to 9, three times around to 18, twice to 27, and then off at 0 Yes, yes, that is it!"

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  1. adverb It is so; as you say or ask. Used to express affirmation, agreement, positive confirmation, or consent.
  2. noun An affirmative or consenting reply.
  3. noun An affirmative vote or voter.

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  1. Middle English, from Old English gēse, so be it! : probably gēa, so; see i- in Indo-European roots + sīe, may it be so; see es- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also dial. yis; from Middle English ʒis, ʒus, from Anglo-Saxon gise, gese, yes; perhaps reduced, by reason of its frequent use and its essentially unitary meaning, from geá sī, ‘yea, be it (so)’: geá, yea; sī, sy¯ (= German sei = Latin sit, etc.), 3d person plural subjunctive of beón, be: see be. It is possible that the second element is a reduced form of swā, so; cf. F. Spanish Portuguese Italian si, yes, from Latin sic, so.
 

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