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intj
Hear ye. Attend. (Called by public criers or in court usually three times to secure silence or attentiveness).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A cry of oyez.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To proclaim with a cry of oyez.
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History
From Middle English oyes, from Old French oyez, the imperative plural of oir (“to hear; to listen”), from Latin audīre. Commonly folk-etymologized as (and pronounced homophonously to) O + yes in the early modern period.
