Emily Dickinson Lexicon

YOKE, v.t.

1. To put a yoke on; to join in a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or a pair of oxen.
2. To couple; to join with another. Cassius you are yoked with a lamb. – Shak.
3. To enslave; to bring into bondage. – Shak.
4. To restrain; to confine. Libertines like not to be yoked in marriage. The words and promises that yoke The conqueror, are quickly broke. – Hudibras.