Yet

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.] [1913 Webster] 1. In addition; further; besides; over and above; still. ``A little longer; yet a little longer.'' --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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.

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