YIELD (2)

Yield, v. i. 1. 1. To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
He saw the fainting Grecians yield. Dryden. 2. 2. To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
3. 3. To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded.
Will ye relent, And yield to mercy while 't is offered you? Shak. 4. 4. To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.
Nay tell me first, in what more happy fields The thistle springs, to which the lily yields? Pope.