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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.