All 6 Uses of
yield
in
Northanger Abbey
- Again, therefore, she applied herself to the key, and after moving it in every possible way for some instants with the determined celerity of hope's last effort, the door suddenly yielded to her hand: her heart leaped with exultation at such a victory, and having thrown open each folding door, the second being secured only by bolts of less wonderful construction than the lock, though in that her eye could not discern anything unusual, a double range of small drawers appeared in view,…†
Chpt 21
- He yielded implicitly, and would fetch his hat and attend them in a moment.†
Chpt 22 *
- The pinery had yielded only one hundred in the last year.†
Chpt 22 *
- The lock yielded to her hand, and, luckily, with no sullen sound that could alarm a human being.†
Chpt 24
- Catherine dared not doubt beyond her own country, and even of that, if hard pressed, would have yielded the northern and western extremities.†
Chpt 25
- That the general should come forward to solicit the alliance, or that he should even very heartily approve it, they were not refined enough to make any parading stipulation; but the decent appearance of consent must be yielded, and that once obtained—and their own hearts made them trust that it could not be very long denied—their willing approbation was instantly to follow.†
Chpt 31
Definitions:
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(yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up
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(yield as in: will yield valuable data) to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced