Part 23

Yield, v. i. 1. To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.

He saw the fainting Grecians yield.

Dryden.

2. To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.

3. To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded.

Will ye relent, And yield to mercy while 't is offered you?

Shak.

4. To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.

Nay tell me first, in what more happy fields The thistle springs, to which the lily yields?

Pope.

Yield (?), n. Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. "A goodly yield of fruit doth bring." Bacon.

Yield"a*ble (?), a. Disposed to yield or comply. [R.] -- Yield"a*ble*ness, n. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Yield"ance (?), n. 1. The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth. [R.] Bp. Hall.

2. The act of yielding; concession. [R.] South.

Yield"er (?), n. One who yields. Shak.

Yield"ing, a. Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper.

Yielding and paying (Law), the initial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee is mentioned and reserved. Burrill.

Syn. -- Obsequious; attentive. -- Yielding, Obsequious, Attentive. In many cases a man may be attentive or yielding in a high degree without any sacrifice of his dignity; but he who is obsequious seeks to gain favor by excessive and mean compliances for some selfish end.

-- Yield"ing*ly, adv. -- Yield"ing*ness, n.

Yield"less, a. Without yielding; unyielding. [Obs.]

Yift (?), n. Gift. [Obs.] "Great yiftes." Chaucer.

Yin (?), n. A Chinese weight of 2 pounds.

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Yis (?), adv. Yes. [Obs.]

"Yis, sir," quod he, "yis, host."

Chaucer.

Yit (?), conj. Yet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Yite (?), n. (Zoöl.) The European yellow-hammer.