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yielded up the ghost

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

Meaning of yield up the ghost

Verb

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

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) For a person, to die.
    • Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 5:10

Questions about yielded up the ghost

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

Words near yielded up the ghost in the dictionary

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

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