Yet \Yet\, adv. [OE. yet, [yogh]et, [yogh]it, AS. git, gyt,
giet, gieta; akin to OFries. ieta, eta, ita, MHG. iezuo,
ieze, now, G. jetzo, jetzt.]
1. In addition; further; besides; over and above; still. ``A
little longer; yet a little longer.'' --Dryden.
This furnishes us with yet one more reason why our
savior, lays such a particular stress acts of mercy.
--Atterbury.
The rapine is made yet blacker by the pretense of
piety and justice. --L'Estrange.
2. At the same time; by continuance from a former state;
still.
Facts they had heard while they were yet heathens.
--Addison.
3. Up to the present time; thus far; hitherto; until now; --
and with the negative, not yet, not up to the present
time; not as soon as now; as, Is it time to go? Not yet.
See As yet, under As, conj.
Ne never yet no villainy ne said. --Chaucer.
4. Before some future time; before the end; eventually; in
time. ``He 'll be hanged yet.'' --Shak.
5. Even; -- used emphatically.
Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of
witches, nor yet the evidence against them. --Bacon.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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