| Yield (yield) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Yield |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Yielded] obs. p. p. Yold
(?); p. pr. *** vb. n. Yielding.] [OE.
yelden, &yogh]elden, ***yogh]ilden, AS.
gieldan, gild |
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 furnish; to afford; to render; to give
forth.
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.
To admit to be true; to concede; to
allow.
To permit; to grant; as, to yield
passage.
To give a reward to; to bless.
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To
give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
To comply with; to assent; as, I
yielded to his request.
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.
To give place, as inferior in rank or
excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.
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Amount yielded;
product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or
cultivation.
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