All 5 Uses of
yield
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- Marilla saw something remarkably like unyielding stubbornness looking out of Anne's small face.
Chpt 15unyielding = firmstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unyielding means not and reverses the meaning of yielding. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Then she yielded to the inevitable and said tartly: "Very well, she can go, since nothing else'll please you."
Chpt 19yielded = gave in (agreed to what was asked)
- "Well, I'll be Elaine," said Anne, yielding reluctantly, for, although she would have been delighted to play the principal character, yet her artistic sense demanded fitness for it and this, she felt, her limitations made impossible.
Chpt 28yielding = giving in
- Anne sighed and yielded.
Chpt 33 *yielded = gave in (agreed to what was suggested)
- "You blessed girl!" said Marilla, yielding.
Chpt 38yielding = giving in
Definition:
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(yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up