said
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- saide, sayde, seyde (obsolete)
- sayed (nonstandard)
- sed (eye dialect)
Etymology edit
From Middle English seide (preterite) and seid, iseid (past participle), from Old English sǣde, sæġde (preterite) and ġesæġd (past participle), equivalent to say + -ed.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
said
- simple past and past participle of say
Adjective edit
said (not comparable)
- Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.
- The said party has denied the charges.
- 1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90, words written by Scott:
- How nicely we could manage without the said railway, now the great hobby of our Teviotdale lairds, if we could by any process of conjuration waft to Abbotsford some of the coal and lime from Lochore...
Translations edit
mentioned earlier
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Determiner edit
said
- Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.
- Said party has denied the charges.
Translations edit
mentioned earlier
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References edit
Anagrams edit
Estonian edit
Verb edit
said
- inflection of saama:
Middle English edit
Verb edit
said
- Alternative form of seide
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum ij”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book II, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 39, verso; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 78, lines 32–35:
- god thanke your hyhenes ſaid Balen / your bounte and hyhenes may no man preyſe half to the valewe / but at this tyme I muſt nedes departe / byſechyng yow alwey of your good grace /
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Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, decrease”).
Noun edit
said f
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
saíd (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜁᜇ᜔)
- consumed; with everything used up; exhausted
- Synonym: ubos
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
saíd (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜁᜇ᜔)
- consumption of everything on hand
- state of having nothing left