Definitions for the word "say" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. imp.
Saw.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Tried quality; temper; proof.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Essay; trial; attempt.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To try; to assay.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A kind of silk or satin.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v. i.
To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v. t.
A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. v.
(3rd sing. Present says; past and past part. Said) 1 (often foll. By that) a utter (specified words); remark. B express (say what you feel). 2 (often foll. By that) a state; promise or prophesy. B have specified wording; indicate (clock says ten to six). 3 (in passive; usu. Foll. By to + infin.) Be asserted (is said to be old). 4 (foll. By to + infin.) Colloq. Tell to do (he said to hurry). 5 convey (information) (spoke, but said little). 6 offer as an argument or excuse (much to be said in favour of it). 7 (often absol.) Give an opinion or decision as to (hard to say). 8 take as an example or as near enough (paid, say, £20). 9 recite or repeat (prayers, mass, tables, a lesson, etc.). 10 convey (inner meaning etc.) (what is the poem saying?). 11 (the said) law or joc. The previously mentioned. n. 1 opportunity to express a view (let him have his say). 2 share in a decision (had no say in it). i''ll say colloq. Yes indeed. I say! Exclamation of surprise etc. Or drawing attention. That is to say in other words, more explicitly. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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