Yield — Defs

01 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 yie…

imp. & p. p. Yielded; p. p. Yold; p. pr. & vb. n. Yielding

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.
“[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.]
“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.

“One calmly yields his willing breath.” — Keble.

02 v. i. To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.

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.

03 n. Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.

1.
Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.