Both Uses of
yield
in
All's Well That Ends Well, by Shakespeare
- Good my lord, The reasons of our state I cannot yield, But like a common and an outward man That the great figure of a council frames By self-unable motion; therefore dare not Say what I think of it, since I have found Myself in my incertain grounds to fail As often as I guess'd.†
Scene 3.1yield = give up, give in, or give way
- I have yielded: Instruct my daughter how she shall persever, That time and place, with this deceit so lawful, May prove coherent.
Scene 3.7 *yielded = given in, given way, or given up
Definitions:
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(1)
(yield as in: will yield valuable data) to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced
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(2)
(yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)