v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Yielded; obs. p. p. Yold p. pr. & vb. n. Yielding. ] [ OE. yelden, &yogh_;elden, &yogh_;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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

To yelde Jesu Christ his proper rent. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength. Gen. iv. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. “Vines yield nectar.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] makes milch kine yield blood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. Job xxiv. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

And, force perforce, I'll make him yield the crown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To admit to be true; to concede; to allow. [ 1913 Webster ]

I yield it just, said Adam, and submit. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To give a reward to; to bless. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more,
And the gods yield you for 't. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

God yield thee, and God thank ye. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

To yield the breath,
To yield the breath up,
To yield the ghost,
To yield the ghost up,
To yield up the ghost, or
To yield the life, to die; to expire; -- similar to To give up the ghost. [ 1913 Webster ] One calmly yields his willing breath. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb. [ 1913 Webster ]

He saw the fainting Grecians yield. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will ye relent,
And yield to mercy while 't is offered you? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nay tell me first, in what more happy fields
The thistle springs, to which the lily yields? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. “A goodly yield of fruit doth bring.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disposed to yield or comply. [ R. ] -- Yield"a*ble*ness, n. [R.] Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of yielding; concession. [ R. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who yields. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Yield"ing*ly, adv. -- Yield"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without yielding; unyielding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]