yield

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1. 1.2. 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.
2. 2.3. 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.
3. 3.To admit to be true; to concede; to allow. I yield it just, said Adam, and submit. Milton.
4. 4.To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb. He saw the fainting Grecians yield. Dryden.
7. 7.To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
8. 8.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.
9. 9.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.
10. 10.Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. "A goodly yield of fruit doth bring." Bacon.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is to admit to be true; to concede; to allow. I yield it just, said Adam, and submit. Milton called?
• What is to permit; to grant; as, to yield passage called?
• What is to give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb. He saw the fainting Grecians yield. Dryden called?
• What is to comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. "A goodly yield of fruit doth bring." Bacon called?