- Yet
- Yet Yet, adv. [OE. yet, [yogh]et, [yogh]it, AS. git, gyt,
giet, gieta; akin to OFries. ieta, eta, ita, MHG. iezuo,
ieze, now, G. jetzo, jetzt.]
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1. In addition; further; besides; over and above; still. ``A
little longer; yet a little longer.'' --Dryden.
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This furnishes us with yet one more reason why our savior, lays such a particular stress acts of mercy. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
The rapine is made yet blacker by the pretense of piety and justice. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
2. At the same time; by continuance from a former state; still. [1913 Webster]
Facts they had heard while they were yet heathens. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
3. Up to the present time; thus far; hitherto; until now; -- and with the negative, not yet, not up to the present time; not as soon as now; as, Is it time to go? Not yet. See {As yet}, under {As}, conj. [1913 Webster]
Ne never yet no villainy ne said. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
4. Before some future time; before the end; eventually; in time. ``He 'll be hanged yet.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster]
5. Even; -- used emphatically. [1913 Webster]
Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of witches, nor yet the evidence against them. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.