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verb Yield v. t. (past & past part. yielded; obs. past part. yold; pres. part. yielding) 1.To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent. "To yelde Jesu Christ his proper rent." "When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength." 2.To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. "Vines yield nectar." "(He) makes milch kine yield blood." "The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children." 3.To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc. "And, force perforce, I'll make him yield the crown." "Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame." 4.To admit to be true; to concede; to allow. "I yield it just, said Adam, and submit." 5.To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage. 6.To give a reward to; to bless. (Obs.) "Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, And the gods yield you for 't." "God yield thee, and God thank ye." To yield the breath, To yield the breath up, To yield the ghost, To yield the ghost up, To yield up the ghost, or To yield the life, to die; to expire; similar to To give up the ghost. "One calmly yields his willing breath."
Yield v. i. 1.To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb. "He saw the fainting Grecians yield." 2.To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request. 3.To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded. "Will ye relent, And yield to mercy while 't is offered you?" 4.To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing. "Nay tell me first, in what more happy fields The thistle springs, to which the lily yields?"
adjective Yielding adj. Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper. Yielding and paying (Law), the initial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee is mentioned and reserved. Synonyms: Obsequious; attentive. Yielding, Obsequious, Attentive. In many cases a man may be attentive or yielding in a high degree without any sacrifice of his dignity; but he who is obsequious seeks to gain favor by excessive and mean compliances for some selfish end.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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