aye1 (ei) adv. [ME. ai, ay< ON. ei < IE. base *aiw-, vital force: cf. AGE][Poet.]always; ever: also sp. ay aye2 (ai) adv. [<? prec.]yes; yea -n. an affirmative vote or a person voting affirmatively Also sp. ay --aye, aye Naut. I understand and will obey: used in response to a command ME = Middle English ON = Old Norse IE = Indo-European prec. = preceding ref) Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language, Second College Edition parse: /'pa:rs/ vt., vi. parsed, 'par·sing [ < L pars (orationis), part (of speech) ] to break (a sentence) down, giving the form and function of each part parsec: not yet parsed