[aye] also ay adv [ME, fr. ON ei; akin to OE a always, L aevum age, lifetime, Gk aion age] (13c): always, continually, ever "love that will ~ endure --W. S. Gilbert"
[2]aye also ay adv [perh. fr. ME ye, yie--more at yea] (1576): yes "~, ~, sir" [3]aye also ay n, pl ayes (1589): an affirmative vote or voter "the ~s have it"