[yea] adv [ME ye, ya, fr. OE gea; akin to OHG ja yes] (bef. 12c) 1: yes--used in oral voting
2: more than this: not only so but--used as a function word to introduce a more explicit or emphatic phrase "yet the impression, ~ the evidence, is inescapable --J. G. Harrison"
[2]yea n (13c) 1: affirmation, assent
2. a: an affirmative vote b: a person casting a yea vote