SAID

aforementioned, aforesaid(a), said

(adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; “works of all the aforementioned authors”; “said party has denied the charges”

SAY

order, tell, enjoin, say

(verb) give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; “I said to him to go home”; “She ordered him to do the shopping”; “The mother told the child to get dressed”

suppose, say

(verb) express a supposition; “Let us say that he did not tell the truth”; “Let’s say you had a lot of money--what would you do?”

say

(verb) indicate; “The clock says noon”

say

(verb) communicate or express nonverbally; “What does this painting say?”; “Did his face say anything about how he felt?”

say

(verb) recite or repeat a fixed text; “Say grace”; “She said her ‘Hail Mary’”

pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say

(verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; “She pronounces French words in a funny way”; “I cannot say ‘zip wire’”; “Can the child sound out this complicated word?”

state, say, tell

(verb) express in words; “He said that he wanted to marry her”; “tell me what is bothering you”; “state your opinion”; “state your name”

allege, aver, say

(verb) report or maintain; “He alleged that he was the victim of a crime”; “He said it was too late to intervene in the war”; “The registrar says that I owe the school money”

read, say

(verb) have or contain a certain wording or form; “The passage reads as follows”; “What does the law say?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Proper noun

Said

A male given name from Arabic

A surname.

Anagrams

• AIDS, Aids, Dais, IADS, IADs, aids, dais, daïs, sadi, sida

Etymology

Verb

said

simple past tense and past participle of say

Adjective

said (not comparable)

Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.

Determiner

said

Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.

Anagrams

• AIDS, Aids, Dais, IADS, IADs, aids, dais, daïs, sadi, sida

Source: Wiktionary

Said,

Definition: imp. & p. p. of Say.

Said, a.

Definition: before-mentioned; already spoken of or specified; aforesaid; -- used chiefly in legal style.

SAY

Say, obs. imp. of See.

Definition: Saw. Chaucer.

Say, n. Etym: [Aphetic form of assay.]

1. Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. [Obs.] if those principal works of God . . . be but certain tastes and saus, as if were, of that final benefit. Hooker. Thy tongue some say of breeding breathes. Shak.

2. Tried quality; temper; proof. [Obs.] he found a sword of better say. Spenser.

3. Essay; trial; attempt. [Obs.] To give a say at, to attempt. B. Jonson.

Say, v. t.

Definition: To try; to assay. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Say, n. Etym: [OE. saie, F. saie, fr. L. saga, equiv. to sagum, sagus, a coarse woolen mantle; cf. Gr. Sagum.]

1. A kind of silk or satin. [Obs.] Thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord! Shak.

2. A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. [Obs.] His garment neither was of silk nor say. Spenser.

Say, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Said, contracted from sayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Saying.] Etym: [OE. seggen, seyen, siggen, sayen, sayn, AS. secgan; akin to OS. seggian, D. zeggen, LG. seggen, OHG. sag, G. sagen, Icel. segja, Sw. säga, Dan. sige, Lith. sakyti; cf. OL. insece teil, relate, Gr. 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.

Say, v. i.

Definition: 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.

Say, n. Etym: [From Say, v. t.; cf. Saw a saying.]

Definition: A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb. [Archaic or Colloq.] 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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