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yields up the ghost

yields up the ghost is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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

Words near yields up the ghost in the dictionary

  1. yields
  2. yields the field
  3. yields the ghost
  4. yields to maturity
  5. yields up
  6. yields up the ghost
  7. yieldy
  8. Yielima
  9. Yiewsley
  10. yif
  11. yiff

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