(a) To say (sth.), speak; also, hold (sth.) true, maintain, believe; quidden of, prophesy concerning (sb.), speak of; (b) to demonstrate (sth. to sb.), make known; (c) to bequeath (sth. to sb.); (d)……
With direct discourse: (a) with a direct declarative, imperative, or exclamatory quotation: to say (sth.), command, exclaim; (b) quethen to (til, unto), with direct quotation: to say (sth.) to (sb.)……