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nayed

nayed is the simple past and past participle of nay.

Meaning of nay

Verb

nay (third-person singular simple present nays, present participle naying, simple past and past participle nayed)

  1. (obsolete) To refuse.
    • the cardinall then being bishop of Winchester, tooke vpon him the state of cardinall, which was naied and denaied him, by the king of most noble memorie1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

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What is nayed the simple past and past participle of?
Nayed is the simple past and past participle of nay.

Words near nayed in the dictionary

  1. Nayawan
  2. naybour
  3. naybours
  4. naycation
  5. naycations
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  7. Nayee Talim
  8. nayika
  9. nayikas
  10. naying
  11. Nayland

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