to vote nay

  • 11vote — Synonyms and related words: Australian ballot, Hare system, OK, PR, absentee voting, acceptance, adherence, admiration, approbation, approval, aye, back, back up, ballot, ballot box stuffing, be enfranchised, be implicated in, bear a hand,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 12nay — Synonyms and related words: Australian ballot, Hare system, No, abnegation, au contraire, aye, ballot, canvass, canvassing, casting vote, certainly not, con, contradiction, counting heads, cumulative voting, deciding vote, declension, declination …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 13nay — 1 adverb 1 (sentence adverb) literary used when you are adding something to emphasize what you have just said: a bright nay, a blinding light 2 old use or dialect used to say no: Nay, lad. It s not that bad. 2 noun (C) a vote against or someone… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14nay — /neɪ / (say nay) adverb 1. no (used in dissent, denial, or refusal). 2. also; and not only so but: many good, nay, noble qualities. –noun 3. a denial or refusal. 4. a negative vote or voter. {Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei no, from… …

  • 15nay — adv. & n. adv. 1 or rather; and even; and more than that (impressive, nay, magnificent). 2 archaic = NO(2) adv. 1. n. 1 the word nay . 2 a negative vote (counted 16 nays). Etymology: ME f. ON nei f. ne not + ei AYE(2) …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 16nay — I. adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse nei, from ne not + ei ever more at no, aye Date: 13th century no II. noun Date: 14th century 1. denial, refusal 2 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 17nay — [[t]neɪ[/t]] adv. 1) and not only so but; not only that but also; indeed: many good, nay, noble qualities[/ex] 2) archaic no (used in dissent, denial, or refusal) 3) a denial or refusal 4) a negative vote or voter • Etymology: 1125–75; ME nai,… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 18NAY — No vote (Governmental » US Government) * Nayarit (state in Mexico) (Regional) …

    Abbreviations dictionary

  • 19nay — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I adverb Not so: no. Informal: nope. Slang: nix. Idiom: nothing doing. See AFFIRM. II noun 1. A negative response: no, refusal, rejection. See AFFIRM. 2. A negative vote or voter: no. See AFFIRM …

    English dictionary for students

  • 20nay — neɪ n. refusal; negative vote (Archaic) adv. no; furthermore (Archaic) …

    English contemporary dictionary