I. (|)yet, usu -ed.+V adverb
Etymology: Middle English yet, yit, yut, from Old English gīet, gīeta, gȳt; akin to Old Frisian ieta, eta, ita yet
1.
a. : besides what has been considered or mentioned already : in addition : as well : also
had yet another side to his character — R.A.Hall b.1911
by ordinary post, as I could furnish yet another … if that went wrong — O.W.Holmes †1935
b. : even — used as an intensive with comparatives
at a yet faster speed
came nearer and yet nearer
or after nor
have never voted for him, nor yet intend to
c. : on top of everything else : no less
adjoining rooms with bath and kitchenette yet , at a price that is reasonable indeed — K.L.Wilson
writes a whole book about them. With pictures, yet — J.N.Leonard
2.
a. : continuously up to or as late as the present or some specified time : as previously : still
animals yet thrive at the bottom — R.E.Coker
riches were still respectable, the rise of a millionaire was yet a romance — Osbert Sitwell
had developed a great civilization while yet pagans — Kemp Malone
b. : up to now : so far : hitherto
linguistic evidence has yet yielded but a scanty return to the historian of culture — Edward Sapir
there is yet to be any scientist of any repute who encourages … the saucer-prophets — Saturday Review
c. : at this or that time : as soon as now
is it time to go yet
has the mail arrived yet
d. archaic : at length : finally
ere yet the bees hum about globes of clover — John Keats
3.
a. : at some future time : before all is done : eventually
wish to get to him the two blue woolen shirts … and will try to do it yet — Walt Whitman
could feel in the soft air the flowers that were yet to show themselves — J.B.Benefield
b. archaic : during the continuance of the present into the future : from now on : henceforth
yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me — Jn 7:33 (Authorized Version)
4. : however , nevertheless , notwithstanding
the verse, which nowhere bursts into a flame of poetry, is yet economical and tidy — T.S.Eliot
a life that was austere and which yet was happy because of its purpose — R.M.Hodesh
II. conjunction
Etymology: Middle English yut, yit, from yut, yit yet, adverb
1. : but
a few pretty rivers that look like prime trout water, yet they are not — Pete Barrett
2. : though
my soul, yet I know not why, hates nothing more than he — Shakespeare
III. adjective
Etymology: yet (I)
: existing or lasting up to the present or a specified time : still continuing
the yet ruler, but not for long