yet

n.; pl. Eyeteeth /plu> (Anat.) A canine tooth of the upper jaw. See Teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cut one's eyeteeth, to become acute or knowing. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. In addition; further; besides; over and above; still. “A little longer; yet a little longer.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

This furnishes us with yet one more reason why our savior, lays such a particular stress acts of mercy. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rapine is made yet blacker by the pretense of piety and justice. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. At the same time; by continuance from a former state; still. [ 1913 Webster ]

Facts they had heard while they were yet heathens. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ne never yet no villainy ne said. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Before some future time; before the end; eventually; in time. “He 'll be hanged yet.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Even; -- used emphatically. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of witches, nor yet the evidence against them. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

conj. Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Matt. vi. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See However. [ 1913 Webster ]