Hypertext Webster Gateway: "yield"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Yield \Yield\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Yielded}; obs. p. p. {Yold};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Yielding}.] [OE. yelden, [yogh]elden,
[yogh]ilden, AS. gieldan, gildan, to pay, give, restore, make
an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to
cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore,
make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up,
Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. g["a]lla to be worth, g["a]lda
to pay, Goth. gildan in fragildan, usgildan. Cf. 1st {Geld},
{Guild}.]
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. --Chaucer.

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not
henceforth yield unto thee her strength. --Gen. iv.
12.

2. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. ``Vines
yield nectar.'' --Milton.

[He] makes milch kine yield blood. --Shak.

The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their
children. --Job xxiv. 5.

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.
--Shak.

Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame.
--Milton.

4. To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.

I yield it just, said Adam, and submit. --Milton.

5. To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.

6. To give a reward to; to bless. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, And the
gods yield you for 't. --Shak.

God yield thee, and God thank ye. --Beau. & Fl.

{To yield the breath}, {the ghost}, or {the life}, to die; to
expire; -- often followed by up.

One calmly yields his willing breath. --Keble.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Yield \Yield\, n.
Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products
resulting from growth or cultivation. ``A goodly yield of
fruit doth bring.'' --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Yield \Yield\, v. i.
1. To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to
succumb.

He saw the fainting Grecians yield. --Dryden.

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? --Shak.

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? --Pope.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

yield
n 1: production of a certain amount [syn: {output}]
2: an amount of a product [syn: {fruit}]
3: the income arising from land or other property; "the average
return was about 5%" [syn: {return}, {issue}, {proceeds},
{take}, {takings}, {payoff}]
v 1: be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble";
"Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
[syn: {give}, {afford}]
2: end resistance, esp. under pressure or force; "The door
yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram." [syn: {give
way}]
3: give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This
year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate
renders some revenue for the family" [syn: {render}, {return},
{give}, {generate}]
4: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control
of another [syn: {concede}, {cede}, {grant}]
5: give in, as to influence or pressure [syn: {relent}, {soften}]
[ant: {stand}]
6: move in order to make room for someone for something; "The
park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the
crowd" [syn: {move over}, {give way}, {give}, {ease up}]
7: bring about; "His two singles gave the team the victory"
[syn: {give}, {bring about}]
8: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much..." [syn: {concede},
{grant}]
9: be fatally overwhelmed [syn: {succumb}] [ant: {survive}]
10: bring in; as of investments; "interest-bearing accounts";
"How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
[syn: {pay}, {bear}]
11: be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material
doesn't give" [syn: {give}]
12: cease opposition; stop fighting
13: consent reluctantly [syn: {give in}, {succumb}, {knuckle
under}, {buckle under}]


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