YET, conjunction [Gr.] Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however. I come to you in the spirit of peace; yet you will not receive me. YET I say unto you, the Solomon in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these. Matthew 6:25. YET, adverb 1. Beside; over and above. There is one reason yet further to be alledged. 2. Still; the state remaining the same. They attest facts they had heard while they were yet heathens. 3. At this time; so soon. Is it time to go? Not yet 4. At least; at all. A man that would form a comparison between Quintilians declamations, if yet they are Quintilians-- 5. It is prefixed to words denoting extension of time or continuance. A little longer; yet a little longer. 6. Still; in a new degree. The crime becomes yet blacker by the pretense of piety. 7. Even; after all; a kind of emphatical addition to a negative. Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of witches, nor yet the evidence against them. 8. Hitherto. You have yet done nothing; you have as yet done less than was expected. Yeven, for given, is not in use.
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