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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'yield up the ghost' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions yield up the ghost verb (yields up the ghost, yielding up the ghost, yielded up the ghost) (archaic) For a person, to die. 1592: and often did I strive <br> To yield the ghost: but still the envious flood <br> Stopped in my soul, and would not let it forth <br> &mdash; w:Shakespeare, Shakespeare, w:Richard III, Richard III, I.iv.36-38. 1611: 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. &mdash; w:King James Bible, King James Bible, Acts 5:10. Etymology: yield up + ghost        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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