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ayield

ayield verb: to yield up.

Verb

ayield (third-person singular simple present ayields, present participle ayielding, simple past ayielded or ayold, past participle ayielded or ayold or ayolden)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To yield up.

Forms of ayield

third-person singular presentayields
present participleayielding
pastayielded
pastayold
past participleayielded
past participleayold
past participleayolden

Origin of ayield

From Middle English aȝelden, from Old English āġieldan (“to pay, repay, render, compensate, yield, restore, reward, requite, offer oneself, offer up (as a sacrifice), perform (an office), permit, allow, pay back, punish”), equivalent to a- + yield.

Questions about ayield

What does ayield mean?
Ayield means to yield up.
What part of speech is ayield?
Ayield is a verb.
What is the past tense of ayield?
The past tense of ayield is ayielded.

Words near ayield in the dictionary

  1. Ayeyarwady
  2. AYFKM
  3. aygulet
  4. aygulets
  5. AYH
  6. ayield
  7. ayielded
  8. ayielding
  9. ayields
  10. Ayil
  11. ayilo

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