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   Say , obs. imp. of See. Saw.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Say , n. [Aphetic form of assay.]
   Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. [Obs.]
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   If those principal works of God . . . be but certain tastes and says, as it were, of that final benefit.
   Hooker.
   
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   Thy tongue some say of breeding breathes.
   Shak.
   
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   Tried quality; temper; proof. [Obs.]
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   He found a sword of better say.
   Spenser.
   
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   Essay; trial; attempt. [Obs.]
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   To give a say at, to attempt.
   B. Jonson.
   
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   Say, v. t. To try; to assay. [Obs.]
   B. Jonson.
   
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   Say, n. [OE. saie, F. saie, fr. L. saga, equiv. to sagum, sagus, a coarse woolen mantle; cf. Gr. σάγος. See Sagum.]
   A kind of silk or satin. [Obs.]
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   Thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord!
   Shak.
   
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   A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. [Obs.]
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   His garment neither was of silk nor say.
   Spenser.
   
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   Say, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Said , 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. sagēn, G. sagen, Icel. segja, Sw. säga, Dan. sige, Lith. sakyti; cf. OL. insece tell, relate, Gr. ἔννεπε (for ἐν-σεπε), ἔσπετε. Cf. Saga, Saw a saying.]
   To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things.
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   Arise, and say how thou camest here.
   Shak.
   
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   To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson.
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   Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated
   In what thou hadst to say?
   Shak.
   
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   After which shall be said or sung the following hymn.
   Bk. of Com. Prayer.
   
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   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.
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   But what it is, hard is to say.
   Milton.
   
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   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.
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   Say, for nonpayment that the debt should double,
   Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble?
   Shak.
   
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   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.
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   Say, v. i. To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
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   You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge.
   Shak.
   
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   To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us to hear a husband divulge his household privacies?
   Milton.
   
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   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.]
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   He no sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap.
   L'Estrange.
   
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   That strange palmer's boding say,
   That fell so ominous and drear
   Full on the object of his fear.
   Sir W. Scott.
   
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