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yielded the ghost

yielded the ghost is the simple past and past participle of yield the ghost.

Meaning of yield the ghost

Verb

yield the ghost (third-person singular simple present yields the ghost, present participle yielding the ghost, simple past and past participle yielded the ghost)

  1. (idiomatic) To give up the ghost.
    • and often did I strive / To yield the ghost: but still the envious flood / Stopped in my soul, and would not let it forthc. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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What is yielded the ghost the simple past and past participle of?
Yielded the ghost is the simple past and past participle of yield the ghost.

Words near yielded the ghost in the dictionary

  1. yieldance
  2. yieldco
  3. yieldcos
  4. yielded
  5. yielded the field
  6. yielded the ghost
  7. yielded up
  8. yielded up the ghost
  9. yieldedst
  10. yielder
  11. yielders

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