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• yield:

A. Trans.:

I. To produce, bear:

1. fĕro, tŭli, lātum (to bear): the earth which can y. fruits, quae terra fruges ferre possit, Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 67.
2. effĕro: that which the fields y., id quod agri efferant, id. Rep. 2, 4, 9.
3. prōfĕro: Plin.
4. părio, pĕpĕri, partum, 3: the corn and other things which the earth y.s, fruges et reliqua quae terra pariat, Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4.
5. fundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3 (to y. copiously): which the earth y.s with the greatest bounty, quae terra maxima cum largitate fundit, id. N. D. 2, 62, 156.
6. effundo: lands y. corn, segetes fruges effundunt, id. Or. 15, 48.

II. To give, grant, impart, offer, etc.:

1. affĕro: it y.s much pleasure, jucunditatis plurimum affert, id. Fin. 1, 16, 53.
2. praesto, stĭti, stĭtum, and stātum, 1 (to offer): do you bid me y. my head to the lightning stroke? jubes me fulminibus praestare caput? Luc. 5, 770.
3. praebeo, ui, ĭtum, 2: you must y. to the sword your neck, praebenda est gladio cervix, Juv. 10, 345.

III. To give up, allow, cede, surrender:

1. do, dĕdi, dătum, 1 (to give up): in geometry if you y. the first points you must y. all, in geometria prima si dederis danda sunt omnia, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 83: to y. the palm to any one, palmam dare alicui, Cic.
2. concēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (to allow, cede): allow and y. this to my modesty, date et concedite hoc pudori meo, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 32: Sicily had been y.'d up in too hasty despair, Sicilia nimis celeri desperatione concessa, Liv. 21, 1.
3. cēdo: y.ing up many rightful claims, cedens multa de suo jure, Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64.
4. trādo, dĭdi, ĭtum, 3 (to hand over): I y. to you my share of the talking, meam partem loquendi t. tibi, Pl. Asin. 3, 1, 14.
5. dēdo, 3 (to surrender): that they should y. their city, lands, altars, hearths, and themselves, urbem, agrum, aras, focos, seque uti dederent, Pl. Am. 1, 1, 71: Remus is y.'d up for punishment, Remus ad supplicium deditur, Liv. 1, 5: to y. the limbs to sleep, d. somno membra, Lucr. 3, 113: to y. themselves up heart and soul to this charm of learning, d. se toto animo huic discendi delectationi, Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 115.

B. Intrans.:

1. cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3: wherever we move the air seems to give place and y., quacunque movemur videtur aer quasi locum dare et cedere, Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 83: our armies y.'d to Viriathus, Viriatho exercitus nostri cesserunt, id. Off. 2, 11, 40: y.ing to the gods in no other point save immortality, nulla alia re nisi immortalitate cedens caelestibus, id. N. D. 2, 61., 153: to y. to entreaties, c. precibus, id. Planc. 4, 9.
2. concēdo: I am resolved to y. to no man living, certum est concedere homini nato nemini, Pl. Cas. 2, 4, 15: the senate y.'d to your demand, concessit senatus postulationi tuae, Cic. Mur. 23, 47.
3. obsĕquor, secutus, 3, dep. (to comply): I will y. to your wish, obsequar voluntati tuae, Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17: to y. to one's inclinations, animo obsequi, Pl. Mil. 3, 1, 83. Phr.: to y. profit, pleasure, etc.: esse usui, voluptati, etc.: to y. one's right, decedere de jure suo, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1: to y. a position, ex loco cedere, Liv. 3, 63: to y. the palm, palmam deferre, Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 227: Cotta at length y.s, tandem dat Cotta manus, Caes. B. G. 5, 31: y.ing to the entreaties of his father, victus patris precibus, Liv. 23, 8: forced to y. in the long contest, minor in certamine longo, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 35.

• YIELD

Transitively. To bear, produce (of the earth, trees, etc.), ferre, efferre, proferre: fundere, effundere (of nature, the earth, a field; fundere and effundere = yield abundantly). To yield fruit or produce, ferre fruges, or ferre only: fructum afferre: efferre (especially of a field). The tree yields its fruit, arbor fert.
To give, afford, etc., afferre (to bring): facere, efficere (to cause): esse (with dative): parere (beget, dolorem, taedium, etc.): creare (make, create; e.g., periculum, errorem, voluptatem): praestare (to supply). To yield profit or pleasure, utilitatem or voluptatem afferre; usui or voluptati esse: to yield anybody continual pleasure, voluptatem perpetuam praestare alicui; comfort, consolation, solatium dare, praebere, afferre; solatio or solatium esse. To yield no consolation (of things), nihil habere consolationis.
To deliver up, tradere; dedere: to yield up the ghost, [Vid: DIE].
To concede, grant (in disputation), concedere (general term): confiteri (without conviction): assentiri (with conviction): dure (as a ground to argue upon). Do you yield that, etc.? dasne? (with accusative and infinitive). Who would not yield this? quis hoc non dederit? if you yield this, you must also yield that, dato hoc, dandum erit illud: this being yielded, quo concesso; quibus concessis.
Intransitively. To give way, cedere: the sand yields (to the foot), sabulum vestigio cedit: a cushion which does not yield (when one sits on it), culcita quae corpori resistit.
Not to resist, cedere, concedere (general terms): *morem gerere, obsequi (to comply with): manus dare (to declare one’s self conquered; Vid: Herzog, Caes., B.G. 5, 31): to yield to a person in anything, cedere alicui in aliqua re: to yield to the entreaties of anybody, alicujus precibus cedere; alicujus precibus locum dare or relinquere; alicui roganti obsequi: to yield to the will of anybody, alicujus voluntati morem gerere or obsequi: not to yield, in sententia sua perstare or perseverare.
To give one’s self up to, alicui rei se dedere: studio alicujus rei se dedere or se tradere. PHR., voluptatibus se dedere or se tradere; servire; astrictum esse deditum esse.
To be inferior, cedere; concedere (Vid: Herzog, Caes., B.G., 5, 7): inferiorem esse aliquo (to be under): to yield to a person in nothing, non cedere or non concedere alicui in aliqua re; non inferiorem esse aliquo aliqua re, parem esse alicui aliqua re (to be equal): aequare or aequiparare aliquem aliqua re (to equal): not to yield to one in luxury, aliquem luxuria aequare.

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