Yield

v. t. [imp. & p. p. YIELDED; p. p. YOLD (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. YIELDING.] [A-S. gildan, geldan, to pay, yield, O. Sax. gelden, L. Ger., D., & M. H. Ger. gelden, O. Fries. gelda, jelda, Icel. gjalda, Dan. gialde, Sw. gälla, gälda, O. H. Ger. geltan, N. H. Ger. gelten, vergelten, Goth. gildan, fragildan, usgildan.] 1. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. “Vines yield nectar.” Milton. The wilderness yieldeth food for them and their cattle. Job xxiv. 5. He makes milch-kine yield blood. Shak. 2. To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength. Gen. iv. 12. 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, and the like. “Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame.” Milton. And force perforce I'll make him yield the crown. Shak. 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. and rare.]

Tend me to-night two hours,—I ask no more,— And the gods yield you for it. Shak. God yield thee, and God thank ye. Beau. & Fl. To yield the breath, the ghost, the life, to die; to expire;—often followed by up.