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.
gälla to be worth, gälda 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.
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.
Yield (?), n. Amount yielded;
product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or
cultivation. "A goodly yield of fruit doth bring."
Bacon.
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.
gälla to be worth, gälda 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.
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.
Yield (?), n. Amount yielded;
product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or
cultivation. "A goodly yield of fruit doth bring."
Bacon.
