Emily Dickinson Lexicon

YET, conj. [Sax. get, gyt; Gr. ετι; W. etto. It seems to be from the root of the verb get.]

Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however. I come to you in the spirit of peace; yet you will not receive me. Yet, I say to you, that Solomon in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these. – Matth. vi.