yield up the ghost en · VERB
Meanings
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(archaic, idiomatic) For a person, to die.
Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 5:10:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| yields up the ghost | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| give up the ghost | alternative | lexicographic | |
| yielding up the ghost | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| yield the ghost | alternative | lexicographic | |
| yielded up the ghost | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| yielded up the ghost | Tense=Past | lexicographic |