YIELDING
\jˈiːldɪŋ], \jˈiːldɪŋ], \j_ˈiː_l_d_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of YIELDING
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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a verbal act of admitting defeat
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tending to give in or surrender or agree; "too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments"- V.I.Parrington
By Princeton University
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a verbal act of admitting defeat
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tending to give in or surrender or agree; "too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments"- V.I.Parrington
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By Noah Webster.
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Inclined to give way; flexible; compliant; obedient; as, a yielding nature.
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The act of producing; submission.
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Yieldingly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Inclined to yield or comply; accommodating.
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Act of producing; concession; submission.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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