Said

9 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Said \Said\,
     imp. & p. p. of {Say}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Said \Said\, a.
     Before-mentioned; already spoken of or specified; aforesaid;
     -- used chiefly in legal style.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Say \Say\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Said} (s[e^]d), contracted from
     sayed; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saying}.] [OE. seggen, seyen, siggen,
     sayen, sayn, AS. secgan; akin to OS. seggian, D. zeggen, LG.
     seggen, OHG. sag[=e]n, G. sagen, Icel. segja, Sw. s[aum]ga,
     Dan. sige, Lith. sakyti; cf. OL. insece tell, relate, Gr.
     'e`nnepe (for 'en-sepe), 'e`spete. Cf. {Saga}, {Saw} a
     saying.]
     1. To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to
        declare; as, he said many wise things.
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              Arise, and say how thou camest here.  --Shak.
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     2. To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to
        say a lesson.
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              Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated
              In what thou hadst to say?            --Shak.
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              After which shall be said or sung the following
              hymn.                                 --Bk. of Com.
                                                    Prayer.
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     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.
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              But what it is, hard is to say.       --Milton.
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     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.
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              Say, for nonpayment that the debt should double,
              Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble? --Shak.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  said
       adj : being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; "works of
             all the aforementioned authors"; "said party has denied
             the charges" [syn: {aforesaid(a)}, {aforementioned(a)},
              {said(a)}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  say
       n : the chance to speak; "let him have his say"
       v 1: express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her";
            "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion";
            "state your name" [syn: {state}, {tell}]
       2: 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" [syn: {allege},
           {aver}]
       3: 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?" [syn: {suppose}]
       4: have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage
          reads as follows"; "What does the law say?" [syn: {read}]
       5: state as one's opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let's
          forget this whole business"
       6: utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office"
       7: 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" [syn: {order}, {tell}, {enjoin}]
       8: 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?" [syn: {pronounce},
           {articulate}, {enounce}, {sound out}, {enunciate}]
       9: recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her
          `Hail Mary'"
       10: communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting
           say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?"
       11: indicate; "The clock says noon"
       [also: {said}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  said
       See {say}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "said":
     aforementioned, aforenamed, aforesaid, articulated,
     beforementioned, enunciated, foregoing, forementioned, forenamed,
     former, lingual, linguistic, named, nuncupative, oral, parol,
     pronounced, same, sounded, speech, spoken, such, unwritten,
     uttered, verbal, viva voce, vocal, vocalized, voiced, voiceful
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  SAID
       
          {Security Association ID}
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SAID. Before mentioned. 
       2. In contracts and pleadings it is usual and proper when it is desired 
  to speak of a person or thing before mentioned, to designate them by the 
  term said or aforesaid, or by some similar term, otherwise the latter 
  description will be ill for want of certainty. 2 Lev. 207: Com. Dig. 
  Pleader, C IS; Gould on Pl: c. 3, Sec. 63.