单词 | yieldance |
释义 | † yieldancen. Obsolete. The action of yielding, in various senses. 1. a. Surrender, submission, compliance. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > [noun] > giving in yieldingc1425 yield1602 cession1607 yieldance1610 giving in1831 1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists 2 The spirits of these men are two-well knowne, to admit any expectation of yeeldance. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 173 Had not the law strictly restrained us from the yeildance unto sinne. 1657 J. Trapp Comm. Job ix. 14, 87 Seeking to disarm his indignation by an humble yeildance. a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) V. 556 For if the things under debate be given up to the Adversary, it must be upon one of these two Accounts; either 1. That the Persons, who thus yield them up, judge them unfit to be retained: or, 2. That they find themselves unable to retain them; one or both of these must of Necessity be implyed in such a yieldance. b. Granting, allowance. ΘΠ the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > granting titheeOE yating?c1225 grant?a1366 granting1609 affordment1623 yieldancea1656 vouchsafement1666 accordance1827 according1834 a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 23 If..I might draw him to a willing yieldance of that parcell of my due maintenance, which was kept back from my not over-deserving predecessor. 2. Production, yield. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > farm produce yearc1384 yieldingc1405 yieldc1440 birtha1500 newinga1549 stock and teind1574 yieldance1641 produce1725 produit net1774 cropa1825 farm store1848 out-take1866 agriproduct1969 1641 Bp. J. Hall Serm. White-hall Aug. 8 28 How should the corne, wine, oyle, be had without the yeeldance of the earth? 1668 R. Steele Husbandmans Calling vii. 183 When it [sc. harvest] comes, sometimes the poor yieldance of it utterly disappoints him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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