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Say Say (s[=a]), obs. imp. of See. Saw. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Say Say (s[=a]), n. [Aphetic form of assay.] 1. Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

If those principal works of God . . . be but certain tastes and says, as it were, of that final benefit. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]

Thy tongue some say of breeding breathes. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. Tried quality; temper; proof. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

He found a sword of better say. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

3. Essay; trial; attempt. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

{To give a say at}, to attempt. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

Say Say, v. t. To try; to assay. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

Say Say, 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. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord! --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

His garment neither was of silk nor say. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Say Say, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Said (s[e^]d), contracted from sayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Saying.] [OE. seggen, seyen, siggen, sayen, sayn, AS. secgan; akin to OS. seggian, D. zeggen, LG. seggen, OHG. sag[=e]n, G. sagen, Icel. segja, Sw. s["a]ga, 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. [1913 Webster]

Arise, and say how thou camest here. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson. [1913 Webster]

Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated In what thou hadst to say? --Shak. [1913 Webster]

After which shall be said or sung the following hymn. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

But what it is, hard is to say. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Say, for nonpayment that the debt should double, Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble? --Shak. [1913 Webster]

{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. [1913 Webster]

Say Say, v. i. To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. [1913 Webster]

You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us to hear a husband divulge his household privacies? --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Say Say, n. [From Say, v. t.; cf. Saw a saying.] A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb. [Archaic or Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

He no sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap. --L Estrange. [1913 Webster]

That strange palmer s boding say, That fell so ominous and drear Full on the object of his fear. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

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