ppl. a. [f. YIELD v. + -ED1.] Surrendered, given up, granted, etc.: see the verb.

1

1591.  Savile, Tacitus, Hist., IV. lxxx. 231. A dishonoured captiue, and yeelded person.

2

1595.  Shaks., John, V. ii. 107. Haue I not heere the best Cards for the game…? And shall I now giue ore the yeelded Set?

3

1697.  Dryden, Æneis, XII. 1359. Against a yielded Man, ’tis mean ignoble Strife.

4

1801.  Southey, Thalaba, III. xix. The rushing flow, the flowing roar, Filling his yielded faculties.

5

1810.  Scott, Lady of L., . xxxiv. He sought her yielded hand to clasp.

6

1868.  Morris, Earthly Par., Watching of Falcon (1870), I. 582. And yielded towns were set aflame.

7

1895.  W. Watson, Odes, etc. 53. O yielded lips, O captive breast!

8