hae

¹ American

[hey, ha] / heɪ, hæ /

verb (used with object)

Scot.

have.

HAE ² American

abbreviation

Pathology.

hereditary angioedema: a nonallergic form of angioedema.

hae British

/ heɪ, hæ /

verb

a Scot variant of have

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Etymology

Origin of HAE

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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I took him by the collar and said, loud enough for the crowd to hear, ‘Ye wud hae kiekit it oot, wud ye?’

From Golf Digest • May 11, 2020

“It doesn’t change anything in my mind. If we hae the talks, we do. If we don’t, it is what it is.’

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2018

Her favorite verse began with the lines, “Ye Highlands and ye Lowlands / Oh, where hae ye been? / They hae slain the Earl Amurray, / And Lady Mondegreen.”

From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2014

I'll away hame and hae a bannock and a saut herring to my denner by way o' auld style.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2013

“Who wants mutton when yeh can hae a nice piece o’ bacon?”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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