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Yield (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yielded; obs. p. p. Yold (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yielding.] [OE. yelden, elden, ilden, AS. gieldan, gildan, to pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be worth, gälda to pay, Goth. gildan in fragildan, usgildan. Cf. 1st Geld, Guild.]

1. To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent.

To yelde Jesu Christ his proper rent.

Chaucer.

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength.

Gen. iv. 12.

2. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. "Vines yield nectar." Milton.

makes milch kine yield blood.

Shak.

The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

Job xxiv. 5.

3. To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc.

And, force perforce, I'll make him yield the crown.

Shak.

Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame.

Milton.

4. To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.

I yield it just, said Adam, and submit.

Milton.

5. To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.

6. To give a reward to; to bless. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, And the gods yield you for 't.

Shak.

God yield thee, and God thank ye.

Beau. & Fl.

To yield the breath, the ghost, or the life, to die; to expire; -- often followed by up.

One calmly yields his willing breath.

Keble.