Emily Dickinson Lexicon

YIELD, v.i.

1. To give up the contest; to submit. He saw the fainting Grecians yield. – Dryden.
2. To comply with; as, I yielded to his request.
3. To give way; not to oppose. We readily yield to the current of opinion; we yield to the customs and fashions.
4. To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence. They will yield to us in nothing. Tell me in what more happy fields The thistle springs, to which the lily yields? – Pope.