All 8 Uses of
yield
in
Frankenstein
- Everything was made to yield to her wishes and her convenience.
Chpt 1 (definition 1)yield = give in
- With his permission my mother prevailed on her rustic guardians to yield their charge to her.
Chpt 1 (definition 1)yield = give up
- She had at first yielded to our entreaties, but when she heard that the life of her favourite was menaced, she could no longer control her anxiety.
Chpt 3 (definition 1)yielded = given in
- It was a most beautiful season; never did the fields bestow a more plentiful harvest or the vines yield a more luxuriant vintage, but my eyes were insensible to the charms of nature.
Chpt 4 (definition 2) *yield = produce
- Winter, spring, and summer passed away during my labours; but I did not watch the blossom or the expanding leaves—sights which before always yielded me supreme delight—so deeply was I engrossed in my occupation.
Chpt 4 (definition 2)yielded = gave
- I fear that he will become an idler unless we yield the point and permit him to enter on the profession which he has selected.
Chpt 6 (definition 1) *yield = give up
- Still, as I urged our leaving Ireland with such inquietude and impatience, my father thought it best to yield.
Chpt 21 (definition 1)yield = give in
- My father yielded at length to my desire to avoid society and strove by various arguments to banish my despair.
Chpt 22 (definition 1)yielded = gave in
Definitions:
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(1) (yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up
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(2) (yield as in: will yield valuable data) to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced