Yield

·vt To give a reward to; to Bless.

II. Yield ·vi To comply with; to Assent; as, I yielded to his request.

III. Yield ·vt To admit to be true; to Concede; to Allow.

IV. Yield ·vt To Permit; to Grant; as, to yield passage.

V. Yield ·vi To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.

VI. Yield ·noun Amount yielded; product;

— applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.

VII. Yield ·vt To Furnish; to Afford; to Render; to give forth.

VIII. Yield ·vi To give up the contest; to Submit; to Surrender; to Succumb.

IX. Yield ·vi 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.

X. Yield ·vt 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.

XI. Yield ·vt 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.