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yields the ghost

yields the ghost is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 yields the ghost the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Yields the ghost is the third-person singular simple present indicative of yield the ghost.

Words near yields the ghost in the dictionary

  1. yieldings
  2. yieldless
  3. yieldly
  4. yields
  5. yields the field
  6. yields the ghost
  7. yields to maturity
  8. yields up
  9. yields up the ghost
  10. yieldy
  11. Yielima

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