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.
{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. --Burrill.
Usage: {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. -- {Yield"ing*ly},
adv. -- {Yield"ing*ness}, n.