Noun
a negative; "the nays have it"

Adverb
not this merely but also; not only so but; "each of us is peculiar, nay, in a sense unique"

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adv.
No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes.

adv.
Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase.

n.
Denial; refusal.

n.
a negative vote; one who votes in the negative.

v. t. & i.
To refuse.

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Nay

Nay , adv. [Icel. nei; akin to E. no. See No, adv.] 1. No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes.

And eke when I say "ye," ne say not "nay."

I tell you nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewisr perish.

And now do they thrust us out privily? nay, verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

He that will not when he may, When he would he shall have nay.

&hand; Before the time of Henry VIII. nay was used to answer simple questions, and no was used when the form of the question involved a negative expression; nay was the simple form, no the emphatic. Skeat. 2. Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase. &hand; Nay in this sense may be interchanged with yea. "Were he my brother, nay, my kingdom's heir." Shak.

Nay

Nay, n.; pl. Nays . 1. Denial; refusal. 2. a negative vote; one who votes in the negative. It is no nay, there is no denying it. [Obs.] haucer.

Nay

Nay, v. t. & i. To refuse. [Obs.] Holinshed.

No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes.

Denial; refusal.

To refuse.