All 9 Uses
yield
in
The Life and Death of King Richard III
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- Now, my lord, what shall we do if we perceive Lord Hastings will not yield to our complots?†
Scene 3.1yield = give in, give way, or give up
- And look to have it yielded with all kindness.†
Scene 3.1yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- I cannot tell if to depart in silence Or bitterly to speak in your reproof Best fitteth my degree or your condition: If not to answer, you might haply think Tongue-tied ambition, not replying, yielded To bear the golden yoke of sovereignty, Which fondly you would here impose on me; If to reprove you for this suit of yours, So season'd with your faithful love to me, Then, on the other side, I check'd my friends.†
Scene 3.7
- I am unfit for state and majesty:—I do beseech you, take it not amiss: I cannot nor I will not yield to you.†
Scene 3.7 *yield = give in, give way, or give up
- Ah, that thou wouldst as soon afford a grave As thou canst yield a melancholy seat!†
Scene 4.4 *yield = produce or give
- I was; but I do find more pain in banishment Than death can yield me here by my abode.†
Scene 1.3
- Methought I had; and often did I strive To yield the ghost: but still the envious flood Stopp'd in my soul, and would not let it forth To find the empty, vast, and wandering air; But smother'd it within my panting bulk, Who almost burst to belch it in the sea.†
Scene 1.4
- Day, yield me not thy light; nor, night, thy rest!†
Scene 4.4
- Dream on, dream on of bloody deeds and death: Fainting, despair; despairing, yield thy breath!†
Scene 5.3
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)