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.
YIELD
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
Yield, n.
Defn: Amount yielded; product; — applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. "A goodly yield of fruit doth bring." Bacon.