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Webster's English Dictionary

say

imp. Saw. (Chaucer.)

n. [Aphetic form of assay.]1. Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. ()

If those principal works of God . . . be but certain tastes and says, as it were, of that final benefit. (Hooker.)

Thy tongue some say of breeding breathes. (Shak.)

2. Tried quality; temper; proof. ()

He found a sword of better say. (Spenser.)

3. Essay; trial; attempt. ()

To give a say at, to attempt. B. Jonson. ()

v. t. To try; to assay. (B. Jonson.)

n. [OE. saie, F. saie, fr. L. saga, equiv. to sagum, sagus, a coarse woolen mantle; cf. Gr. sa`gos. See Sagum.]1. A kind of silk or satin. ()

Thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord! (Shak.)

2. A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. ()

His garment neither was of silk nor say. (Spenser.)

v. t. [OE. seggen, seyen, siggen, sayen, sayn, AS. secgan; akin to OS. seggian, D. zeggen, LG. seggen, OHG. sagn, G. sagen, Icel. segja, Sw. sga, Dan. sige, Lith. sakyti; cf. OL. insece tell, relate, Gr. 'e`nnepe (for 'en-sepe), 'e`spete. Cf. Saga, Saw a saying.]1. 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. (Shak.)

2. 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? (Shak.)

After which shall be said or sung the following hymn. (Bk. of Com. Prayer.)

3. 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. (Milton.)

4. 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? (Shak.)

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. ()

v. i. To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. ()

You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge. (Shak.)

To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us to hear a husband divulge his household privacies? (Milton.)

n. [From Say, v. t.; cf. Saw a saying.] A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb. ()

He no sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap. (L'Estrange.)

That strange palmer's boding say, That fell so ominous and drear Full on the object of his fear. (Sir W. Scott.)