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.