Both Uses
yield
in
The Thief, by Turner
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- Thus the Sky made Eugenides immortal and yielded to Hephestia the power of his thunderbolts.†
Chpt 6 *yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- The Sky threatened and Eugenides was frightened, but he would not yield until the Sky agreed that he would give him whatever he asked if Eugenides would tell what he had done with the thunderbolts.†
Chpt 6 *
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)