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What does "yielding" mean in this context?



 
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What does "yielding" mean in this context? Tue Apr 08, 2008 21:59 pm  What does "yielding" mean in this context?
 

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What does "yielding" mean in this context? Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:15 am  What does "yielding" mean in this context?
 

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Hard to tell-- not enough context. Yield here could mean either

-- to give up, as to superior power or authority; to give up or over; relinquish or resign
or
-- to cause; give rise to
or
-- to give way to influence, entreaty, argument, or the like
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