Verb

(lb) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.

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At twilight in the summeron the floor.

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To supply or contribute.

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*:“it is not fair of you to bring' against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without ' bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

(lb) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.

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To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.

* (John Locke) (1632-1705)

It seems so preposterous a thingthat they do not easily bring themselves to it.

To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.

(lb) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.

Verb

(obsolete) To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.

* Shakespeare:

God 'ild [yield] you!

* Gareth and Lynette, Tennyson :

The good mother holds me still a child! Good mother is bad mother unto me! A worse were better; yet no worse would I. Heaven yield her for it!

* Shakespeare:

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

* Beaumont and Fletcher:

God yield thee, and God thank ye.

To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.

* Milton:

Vines yield nectar.

* Bible, Job 24.5:

The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

To give way; to allow another to pass first.

Yield the right of way to pedestrians.

To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.

They refuse to yield to the enemy.

* Shakespeare:

I'll make him yield the crown.

* Milton:

Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame.

To give way; to succumb to a force.

* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula), chapter 21:

He turned the handle as he spoke, but the door did not yield . We threw ourselves against it. With a crash it burst open, and we almost fell headlong into the room.

To produce as return, as from an investment.

Historically, that security yields a high return.

(mathematics) To produce as a result.

Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7.

(engineering, materials science, of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.

(rare) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.

* Milton:

I yield it just, said Adam, and submit.