<p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>Yes (used in affirmation or assent).</li><li>Indeed: Yea, and he did come.</li><li>Not only this but even: a good, yea, a noble man.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An affirmation;</li><li>An affirmative reply or vote.</li><li>A person who votes in the affirmative.</li></ul>