yield the ghost

Language:

Meanings:

1.
historical British Englishliterary Englisharchaicliteraryformal
- To die; to cease living.
- To give up life or breath, often used in literary or historical narratives.
2.
general English (literary)literaryfigurative
- To stop functioning or to fail completely, used figuratively of devices, institutions, or abstract entities.

Examples:

EN: Methought I had, and often did I strive... to yield the ghost.
ES: Creía tenerla, y muchas veces ansié... entregar mi alma.
EN: If Henry were recall'd to life again, These news would cause him once more yield the ghost.
ES: Si Enrique reviviera, estas noticias le harían irse de nuevo de este mundo.

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