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yielding up the ghost

yielding up the ghost is the present participle and gerund 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 yielding up the ghost

What is yielding up the ghost the present participle and gerund of?
Yielding up the ghost is the present participle and gerund of yield up the ghost.

Words near yielding up the ghost in the dictionary

  1. yielding parries
  2. yielding parry
  3. yielding the field
  4. yielding the ghost
  5. yielding up
  6. yielding up the ghost
  7. yieldingly
  8. yieldingness
  9. yieldings
  10. yieldless
  11. yieldly

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