Word Meanings - YIELD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Additional info about word: YIELD

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, 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. 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of YIELD)

• Acquiesce
• Assent
• concur
• repose
• agree
• yield
• be resigned
• comply
• Afford
• Produce
• supply
• give
• grant
• confer
• bestow
• impart
• administer
• extend
• Allow
• Concede
• apportion
• allot
• assign
• afford
• tolerate
• authorize
• remit
• recognize
• acknowledge
• avow
• confess
• admit
• permit
• suffer
• sanction
• Bear
• Carry
• lift
• transport
• convey
• maintain
• uphold
• undergo
• support
• waft
• sustain
• hold
• harbor
• entertain
• fill
• enact
• endure
• produce
• generate
• Bend
• Curve
• deviate
• incline
• tend
• swerve
• diverge
• mold
• persuade
• influence
• bias
• dispose
• direct
• lower
• subordinate to
• lean
• deflect
• bow
• condescend
• stoop
• submit

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of YIELD)

• Straighten
• unbend
• rectilineate
• Eject
• expel
• discard
• discourage
• stifle
• exclude
• banish
• dismiss
• Trend
• diverge
• ascend
• deter
• rise
• indispose
• disincline
• Hoist
• raise
• heighten
• exalt
• increase
• aggrandize
• elevate
• Rise
• stand
• wander
• flit
• flutter
• remove
• transfer
• Drop
• betray
• surrender
• abandon
• discontinue
• oppose
• weaken
• exhaust
• thwart
• discountenance
• disfavor
• subvert
• suppress

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• CONFESSION
  The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution. Auricular confession . . . or the private and special confession of sins to a priest for the purpose of obtaining his absolution. Hallam. 4. A formulary
• MAINTAIN
  by the hand; main hand + F. tenir to hold . See 1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace;
• DISMISSIVE
  Giving dismission.
• DISPOSEMENT
  Disposal. Goodwin.
• SUSTAIN
  F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains
• DIRECT CURRENT
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• CONFERENCE
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  Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
• ASCENDANCY; ASCENDANCE
  See ASCENDENCY
• ADMITTER
  One who admits.
• RESIGNATION
  1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission. 2. The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as,
• STIFLED
  Stifling. The close and stifled study. Hawthorne.
• EJECTOR
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• DIRECTER
  One who directs; a director. Directer plane , the plane to which all right-lined elements in a warped surface are parallel.
• CONFESSER
  One who makes a confession.
• SUPPORTATION
  Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon.
• ASSENTATORY
  Flattering; obsequious. -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv.
• PERMIT
  1. To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with. What things God doth neither command nor forbid . . . he permitteth with approbation either to be done or left undone. Hooker. 2. To grant express license or liberty
• PERSUADER
  One who, or that which, persuades or influences. "Powerful persuaders." Milton.
• WILLOWER
  A willow. See Willow, n., 2.
• DEJECTION
  1. A casting down; depression. Hallywell. 2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson. 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. What besides,
• WINDFLOWER
  The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.
• LONG-SUFFERANCE
  Forbearance to punish or resent.
• HALLOW
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• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• CALLOW
  1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play .
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• FLOWERY-KIRTLED
  Dressed with garlands of flowers. Milton.
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• THRYFALLOW
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