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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. |
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To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. |
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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. |
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To admit to be true; to concede; to allow. |
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To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage. |
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To give a reward to; to bless. |
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To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to
succumb. |
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To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request. |
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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. |
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To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as,
they will yield to us in nothing. |
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Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products
resulting from growth or cultivation. |
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