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yield to pressure
Definition
to give in, give way, or give up
- If thou please To take me to thee, as I was to him I'll be to Caesar; if thou pleasest not, I yield thee up my life.5.1 — Act 5 Scene 1 — CAESAR'S Camp before Alexandria (19% in)
yield = give in, give way, or give up
- He'll never yield to that.3.6 — Act 3 Scene 6 — Rome. A Room in CAESAR'S House (38% in)
- Nor must not then be yielded to in this.3.6 — Act 3 Scene 6 — Rome. A Room in CAESAR'S House (39% in)
- To Caesar will I render My legions and my horse; six kings already Show me the way of yielding.3.10 — Act 3 Scene 10 — Another part of the Plain (94% in)
- All is lost; This foul Egyptian hath betrayed me: My fleet hath yielded to the foe; and yonder They cast their caps up, and carouse together Like friends long lost.4.12 — Act 4 Scene 12 — Another part of the Ground (26% in)
yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
yielding = giving in, giving up, or giving way (easily moved or soft)
yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
There are no more uses of "yield" flagged with this meaning in Antony and Cleopatra.
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- Go to him, Dolabella, bid him yield; Being so frustrate, tell him he mocks The pauses that he makes.5.1 — Act 5 Scene 1 — CAESAR'S Camp before Alexandria (5% in)
- — If thou say so, villain, thou kill'st thy mistress; But well and free, If thou so yield him, there is gold, and here My bluest veins to kiss,—a hand that kings Have lipp'd, and trembled kissing.2.5 — Act 2 Scene 5 — Alexandria. A Room in the Palace (23% in)
- The queen shall then have courtesy, so she Will yield us up.3.13 — Act 3 Scene 13 — Alexandria. A Room in the Palace (9% in)
- He is a god, and knows What is most right: mine honour was not yielded, But conquer'd merely.3.13 — Act 3 Scene 13 — Alexandria. A Room in the Palace (32% in)
- Mine honest friends, I turn you not away; but, like a master Married to your good service, stay till death: Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, And the gods yield you for't!4.2 — Act 4 Scene 2 — Alexandria. A Room in the Palace (76% in)
There are no more uses of "yield" in Antony and Cleopatra.
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