Say

1. 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.
2. To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
3. Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack.
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.
5. To try; to assay.
6. Essay; trial; attempt.
7. To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson.
8. A kind of silk or satin.
9. A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.
10. Saw.
11. Tried quality; temper; proof.
12. To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things.
13. A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth.