Both Uses
yield
in
Al Gore Concession Speech
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- Almost a century and a half ago, Senator Stephen Douglas told Abraham Lincoln, who had just defeated him for the presidency, "Partisan feeling must yield to patriotism."
*yield = give in
- While we yet hold and do not yield our opposing beliefs, there is a higher duty than the one we owe to political party.†
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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)