Definition of said:

part of speech: past tense, past participle

Did say.

part of speech: past tense, past participle

Of the verb say; uttered; declared; reported; before mentioned.

Usage examples:

• " Yes'm," said Mrs. Koons. in "".

• And she said No man, Lord. Marcus Dods in "The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I".

• " Come, Miss Preston," said Melvale. Charles Weathers Bump in "The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories".

• " I don't know," she said Marie Belloc Lowndes in "Jane Oglander".