All 3 Uses of
yield
in
Sense and Sensibility
- She would have been glad to know when these difficulties were to cease, this opposition was to yield,—when Mrs. Ferrars would be reformed, and her son be at liberty to be happy.†
Chpt 19
- Mrs. Jennings and Mrs. Palmer joined their entreaties, all seemed equally anxious to avoid a family party; and the young ladies were obliged to yield.†
Chpt 19
- CHAPTER 33 After some opposition, Marianne yielded to her sister's entreaties, and consented to go out with her and Mrs. Jennings one morning for half an hour.†
Chpt 33 *
Definition:
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(yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up