nay

NAY, adverb [a contracted word, to deny]1. No; a word that expresses negation.I tell you nay but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13:3.2. It expresses also refusal.He that will not when he may, When he would he shall have nay [In these senses it is now rarely used; no being substituted.]3. Not only so; not this alone; intimating that something is to be added y way of amplification. He requested an answer; nay he urged it.NAY, noun Denial, refusal.NAY, verb transitive To refuse. [Not in use]