From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Yet \Yet\, conj.
Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however.
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Yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these. --Matt. vi.
29.
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Syn: See However.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Yet \Yet\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large marine gastropods
belonging to the genus Yetus, or Cymba; a boat shell.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
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1. In addition; further; besides; over and above; still. "A
little longer; yet a little longer." --Dryden.
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This furnishes us with yet one more reason why our
savior, lays such a particular stress acts of mercy.
--Atterbury.
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The rapine is made yet blacker by the pretense of
piety and justice. --L'Estrange.
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2. At the same time; by continuance from a former state;
still.
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Facts they had heard while they were yet heathens.
--Addison.
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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.
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Ne never yet no villainy ne said. --Chaucer.
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4. Before some future time; before the end; eventually; in
time. "He 'll be hanged yet." --Shak.
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5. Even; -- used emphatically.
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Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of
witches, nor yet the evidence against them. --Bacon.
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