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yield
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Antigone
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- Therefore we must maintain authority And yield to title to a woman's will.†
yield = give in, give way, or give up
- See how the trees beside a stream in flood Save, if they yield to force, each spray unharmed, But by resisting perish root and branch.†
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- Love resistless in fight, all yield at a glance of thine eye, Love who pillowed all night on a maiden's cheek dost lie, Over the upland holds.†
*yield = produce or give
- Shall mortals not yield to thee?†
yield = give in, give way, or give up
- To yield is grievous, but the obstinate soul That fights with Fate, is smitten grievously.†
- You would have me yield?†
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)