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  1. adverb At this time; for the present: isn't ready yet.
  2. adverb Up to a specified time; thus far: The end had not yet come.
  3. adverb At a future time; eventually: may yet change his mind.
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  1. Middle English, from Old English gīet; see i- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also dial. yit; from Middle English yet, ʒet, ʒit, from Anglo-Saxon git, get, giet, gyt, gita, geta = OFries. ieta, eta, ita, Friesic jiette = Middle High German iezuo, ieze, German ietz, now jetzt, archaic jetzo; also Middle High German iezunt, German jetzund, now; origin uncertain; the Middle High German iezuo is apparently from ie, ever (or a form cognate with Anglo-Saxon ge, and), + zuo, to; but it may merely simulate zuo. For a similar case in which an orig. significant terminal syllable or independent word has probably been reduced, see yes.
  2. Scots also yit; from Middle English yeten, ʒeten, from Anglo-Saxon geótan, pour: see gush.
  3. from yet, v.
  4. African.
 

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