Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of say is as below...

Recant :: Recant (v. i.) To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant..

Say :: Say (v. t.) To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson..

Tresayle :: Tresayle (n.) A grandfather's grandfather.

Padding :: Padding (n.) Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc..

Prill :: Prill (n.) The button of metal from an assay.

Soothsay :: Soothsay (n.) Omen; portent. Havin.

Soothsay :: Soothsay (v. i.) To foretell; to predict.

Byword :: Byword (n.) A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency.

Assay :: Assay (v.) To try; to attempt; to apply.

-ana :: -ana () A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc..

Paraleipsis :: Paraleipsis (n.) A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice..

So :: So (adv.) Is it thus? do you mean what you say? -- with an upward tone; as, do you say he refuses? So?.

Reticence :: Reticence (n.) A figure by which a person really speaks of a thing while he makes a show as if he would say nothingon the subject.

Wise :: Wise (v.) Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination..

Assay :: Assay (v.) To try tasting, as food or drink..

Essayer :: Essayer (n.) One who essays.

Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting..

Metonymy :: Metonymy (n.) A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections..

Witticism :: Witticism (n.) A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit.

Sayman :: Sayman (n.) One who assays.

Random Fonts

Most Popular