jes adv. & n. --adv. 1
equivalent to an
affirmative sentence:
the answer to
your question is affirmative, it is as
you say or as I
have said, the
statement etc.
made is
correct, the
request or
command will be complied
with, the
negative statement etc. made is
not correct. 2 (in answer to a
summons or address) an
acknowledgement of one's
presence. --n. an
utterance of the
word yes. øsay yes
grant a request or
confirm a statement. yes? 1 indeed? is
that so? 2
what do you want? yes
and a
form for introducing a stronger
phrase (he
came home drunk -yes, and
was sick). yes and no that is
partly true and partly
untrue. yes-man (pl. -men) colloq. a
weakly acquiescent
person. [OE gese, gise, prob. f. gia sie
may it be (gia is unrecorded)]