English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Yghe
(n.)
Eye.
Ygo
(p. p.)
Gone.
p. p. of Grind.
p. p. of Hold.
Yield
(v. t.)
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.
Yield
(v. t.)
To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
Yield
(v. t.)
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.
Yield
(v. t.)
To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
Yield
(v. t.)
To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.
Yield
(v. t.)
To give a reward to; to bless.
Yield
(v. i.)
To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to
succumb.
Yield
(v. i.)
To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
Yield
(v. i.)
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.
Yield
(v. i.)
To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as,
they will yield to us in nothing.
Yield
(n.)
Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products
resulting from growth or cultivation.
Yieldable
(a.)
Disposed to yield or comply.
Yieldance
(n.)
The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the
earth.
Yieldance
(n.)
The act of yielding; concession.
Yielded
(imp. & p. p.)
of Yield
Yielder
(n.)
One who yields.