yieldingn.
/ˈjiːldɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈjildɪŋ/ The action of yield v.† 1. Payment; transferred obligation to pay, debt.† 3. Repayment, reward, recompense, retribution.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > payment > [noun]
waringc1315
yielding1340
payment1370
pay1440
pitchc1500
resolute1548
toss1630
payout1917
society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun] > a debt
yielding1340
debtc1380
due1439
debitc1450
devoirs1503
debitory1575
debenture1609
money-debt1627
balance (due)1720
outstandings1755
liability1842
engagement1849
live horse1859
payables1896
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 115 Ich am mochel ine dette ayen þe..and..ich ne habbe huer-of maki þe yeldinge.
1340 Ayenb. 262 Uorlet ous oure yeldinges, ase and we uorleteþ oure yelderes.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 423 Þis is..but ȝilding of dette bi mannus lawe.
2. The giving of something as due, or as a favour; rendering; bestowal.
ΘΠ
the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > giving as due or as a favour
yielding1340
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7846 Yheldyng of mede for ilk gud dede.
1382 J. Wyclif Psalms cii[i]. 2 And wile thou not forȝete alle the ȝeldingus of hym.
ΘΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > retaliation or retribution
yieldinga1340
talion1412
retributiona1425
recompensec1425
recompensationa1513
requitement1548
retaliation1581
lex talionis1597
requital1597
retaling1597
taliationa1601
law of retalion1607
talio1611
retail1615
retorsion1637
repercussion1641
retributing1645
reddition1656
retortion1762
poetical justice1796
utu1828
retort1836
quits1865
poetic justice1991
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xciii[i]. 2 Ȝelde ȝeldynge til proude.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. lxvi. 6 Vois of the Lord ȝeldende ȝelding to his enemys.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke iv. 19 He sente me..for to preche the ȝeer of the Lord plesaunt, and the day of ȝeldynge.
1388 J. Wyclif Psalms cxxx. 3 [cxxxi. 2] As a child wenyde on his modir, so ȝelding be in my soule.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 537/1 Ȝeldynge, reddicio.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 291/1 Yeldeng, retribution.
4. Production of crops or the like; produce.
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
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun]
wastumc888
tiltha1100
estrea1300
madder-cropc1300
gainage1390
cropa1400
yieldingc1405
emblement1495
burden?1523
increase1535
field-ware1546
gather1555
esplees1598
husbandrya1616
glebe1660
warea1661
récolte1669
tilling1680
tillage1681
stuffa1687
growing1722
bearing1747
raccolta1748
the crops1789
plant1832
raising1857
cropping1861
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 598 Wel wiste he by the droghte and by the reyn The yeldynge of his seed and of his greyn.
1547–8 in E. Green Somerset Chantries (1888) 32 A tenement in Pytmyster..the yelding wherof John Forde..solde unto William Voysey..for xij. li. sterling.
1903 Smart Set 9 127/2 Speculating as to the profit of this year's yielding.
1922 W. Schlich Man. Forestry (ed. 4) I. 97 Timber fit for sawing would begin to be cut about 10 to 15 years later, and by the eightieth year the forests should be in full yielding.
5.
a. Giving up, giving in, surrender, submission.
ΘΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > giving way or giving in
yieldingc1425
yield1602
succumbency1653
succumbence1837
reculade1883
succumbing1885
society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [noun]
yieldingc1425
submission?a1439
passive obediencea1602
submissiveness1608
submissness1613
yieldingness1613
yokeablenessa1638
yieldableness1645
passivity1681
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > [noun] > giving in
yieldingc1425
yield1602
cession1607
yieldance1610
giving in1831
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxv. 3833 Syn of þe ȝeldyn [v.r. ȝelding] tretyt þai, Þat gif þai be a certane day War noucht reskewit..Þai sulde gif vp þe towne.
1544 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Court of Requests (1898) 112 To make an yeldynge yf she lyst..by the deliueryng of a mote to any of the seyd tenauntes to the vse of them whom shall please her.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 427 Eche part with an hundred Knightes and Esquiers,..to fight and combate to the yeldyng.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 840 ‘Ȝarne efter ȝeilding,’ on ilk syde thay call.
1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Riv But this, nor anye thinge coulde enforce him to relinquish his suite, sauing the yelding of her battered brest.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. ii. 24 What merits in that reason which denies, The yeelding of her vp? View more context for this quotation
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 769 At the battaile, and yeelding vp of Mont de dier.
1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks II. v. 214 A Sacrifice and mutual yielding of Natures one to another.
1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 22 She..breath'd a sister's sorrow to persuade A yielding up.
1885 Athenæum 17 Oct. 499/2 More or less cowardly yieldings to panic and sedition.
b. Giving way, as to persuasion or the like; compliance, concession, consent.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [noun] > compliance
concession1473
ottroye1480
yielding1597
condescendence1638
compliancy1643
compliance1647
comportance1648
condescension1650
acquiescence1654
condescending1656
condescendment1693
concedence1748
concessiveness1872
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 147 Therefore pardon me, And not impute this yeelding to light loue. View more context for this quotation
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 118 How well this yeelding rescewes thee from shame. View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Eccl. x. 4 Yeelding pacifieth great offences. View more context for this quotation
1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation ii. 98 Their bare presence argues their approbation and yeelding in shew to ceremonies.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 12 His Yeilding to the violent passion.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. vi. 44 He..imputed her yielding, to the ungovernable Force of her Love towards him. View more context for this quotation
1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xv. 203 I can see no limit to the yielding, and bending of his mind when it is worked upon by the idea of power.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. vii. 130 Nothing was to be gained by yielding in minor points.
6. Giving way, as to pressure or other physical force. Cf. yield v. 20.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [noun] > elasticity > yieldingness
cession1626
cessibility1644
yielding1665
flexibility1677
yieldingness1802
the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] > giving way under physical force
yielding1860
give1868
yield1889
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 41 It is..shrunk,..which is caused by the yielding a little of the hardened Skin to a Contraction.
1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 294 The softness or yielding of the Paper, Tympan, and Blankets.
1688 R. Boyle Disquis. Final Causes iv. 176 The Yielding of the Flexible Branch or Twigs whereto the Nest is fastened.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 10 There will be a gradual yielding of its mass under the pressure.
1899 J. A. Ewing Strength of Materials iii. 31 There is..a well-marked yield point..at which extension goes on for a time through a considerable distance without increase of load. After this the extension becomes less rapid until the final yielding occurs just before rupture.
1961 Lubahn & Felgar Plasticity & Creep in Metals v. 104 When a piece of metal is loaded in such a way that the elastic stress is non-uniform,..yielding begins at the most highly stressed point.
1973 C. R. Barrett et al. Princ. Engin. Materials viii. 257 The yielding usually starts at a small notch or irregularity in the sample and subsequently propagates throughout the sample.
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yieldingadj.
/ˈjiːldɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈjildɪŋ/ That yields, in various senses.† 1. Owing, indebted: cf. yielder n. 1, yielding n. 1. Obsolete. rare.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [adjective]
yielding1340
indebtedc1386
dettya1398
due1483
debtedc1540
underwater1627
borrowing1640
debtful1649
ticking1673
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 169 Asemoche ase he is worþ betere þanne ich, zuo moche ich am yeldinde be riȝte riȝtuolnesse.
2. Bearing produce, productive, fertile. ? Obsolete.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [adjective]
bearinglOE
fruitfula1300
plenteousc1325
fructuousa1382
birthful?c1475
fertile1481
broodya1522
yielding1556
foisonous1570
procreant1588
generative1597
yieldy1598
childing1600
seedful1605
thankful1610
foisonable1613
prolifical1615
fecundous1630
feracious1637
prolific1653
fetiferous1654
floriferous1656
productive1672
fœtant1678
spawning1682
uberousa1706
populous?1789
productible1830
grateful1832
resultful1833
genetic1838
tumid1840
polyphorous1858
generant1875
proliferent1920
the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > creating, fashioning, shaping, or forming > producing
workingOE
yielding1556
producent1566
begetting1582
producing1603
emanative1651
progenerative1694
productional1899
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > fertile or rich
goodOE
fruitfula1300
gladc1420
unlean?1440
richa1522
batwell1534
battle?1542
luxuriant?c1550
yielding1556
gleby1566
yieldable1577
hearty1580
yieldy1598
liking1600
well-natured1600
lusty1601
growthsome1610
thankful1610
pregnant1615
in heart1626
grateful1832
fatty1855
1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 59v Nothing is better than groundtilth and trimmyng, nothing yeeldinger, nothing sweeter, nothing meeter for a freeborne man.
1598 B. Yong tr. G. Polo Enamoured Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 441 The fertilitie of the yeelding soyle.
1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. Digest 45 (note) In a yielding Year, a Jag of equal size to those alluded to will afford from two Quarters to twenty Bushels of Wheat.
1849 C. Lanman Lett. Alleghany Mts. xx. 159 The yielding wells are somewhat over two hundred feet deep.
3. Giving in, surrendering, submitting; disposed to submit, submissive, compliant, unresisting.
ΘΠ
society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adjective]
tholemodec1000
bowinga1340
subjectc1384
enclinant1400
yoldena1413
subjective1417
prostratec1425
obtemperate?a1475
subjected1550
subject-like1553
submiss1570
submissive1572
yielding1578
obnoxious1591
subordinate1594
subjectly1596
yieldable1603
dejective1611
passive1616
awebound1631
succumbent1647
resigning1648
complaisant1676
ovine1676
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > [adjective] > giving in
yielding1578
resigning1648
cedent1656
1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 44 As the Hunter who pleasureth not to take the yelding pray, thou shunnest me.
1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iv. iii. sig. Miiiv I am eas'ly yeelding to any good Impressions. View more context for this quotation
1698 R. Ferguson View of Ecclesiastick in Socks & Buskins 5 To become Guilty of the Little and mean Vanity of Attacking a yielding as well as a Routed Enemy.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. iii. 113 Sophia, who was yielding to an Excess,..at last gave Way. View more context for this quotation
a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 135 With fond reluctance, yielding modesty.
1801 W. Scott Glenfinlas in M. G. Lewis Tales of Wonder I. 126 Fair woman's yielding kiss.
1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 75 You may press her yielding hand.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxv. 357 There are yielding moments in the lives of the sternest and harshest men.
4. Giving way to pressure or other physical force; not stiff or rigid; taking impression, bending, collapsing, etc.
ΘΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > elastic > yielding
yielding1577
cessive1678
unresisting1691
1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 42 Can Flint or Marble harde be made, as yeldyng Butter softe?
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. sig. Nn5 A thonder bolt Perceth the yielding ayre.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. iii. 618 Neither can the hard~hearted Rockes breake these yeelding Vessells.
1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xviii. 313 By some fall upon yeelding or slippery ground.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 236 His forceful Spear..Pierc'd through the yielding Planks of jointed Wood.
a1732 T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 132 The cannon ball breaks down a stone wall, while the yielding packs of wool take away its force.
1828 J. Keble Christian Year (ed. 3) 364 Beneath the shadowy clouds The yielding waters darken in the breeze.
1890 Retrospect Med. 102 258 The shafts of all the long bones being so soft and yielding that the mere weight of the limbs is sufficient to produce their distortion.
Derivatives
ˈyieldingly adv. (see senses 3, 4 above).
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > [adverb] > giving in
yieldingly1560
1560 A. L. tr. J. Calvin Foure Serm. Song Ezechias (1574) Ep. You see him sometyme yeldingly stretch out, sometyme struglingly throw his weakend legges.
1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) viii. xlii. 183 As Mayds that know themselues belou'd and yeeldingly resist.
1823 T. Moore Loves of Angels Introd. 53 A Spirit of light mould, that took The prints of earth most yieldingly.
1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. xlvi. 361 Like the clouds that are yieldingly pierced by the light of the evening star.
ˈyieldingness n. (see senses 3, 4 above).
ΘΠ
society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [noun]
yieldingc1425
submission?a1439
passive obediencea1602
submissiveness1608
submissness1613
yieldingness1613
yokeablenessa1638
yieldableness1645
passivity1681
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [noun] > elasticity > yieldingness
cession1626
cessibility1644
yielding1665
flexibility1677
yieldingness1802
1613 S. Hieron Baptizing of Eunuch in Wks. (1620) I. 282 This readinesse and yeeldingnesse of the inward man.
1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. xii. 262 A degree of complacence, yieldingness, and sweetness, beyond what we look for in men.
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. viii. 124 The yieldingness of the cartilaginous substance.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice III. viii. vi. 67 Evelyn was gentle, even to yieldingness.
1880 J. E. Burton Handbk. Midwives 227 The thinness and yieldingness of the bones.
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