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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Yoke  \Yoke\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Yoked};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Yoking}.] 
  1.  To  put  a  yoke  on  to  join  in  or  with  a  yoke;  as  to  yoke 
  oxen,  or  pair  of  oxen. 
 
  2.  To  couple;  to  join  with  another.  ``Be  ye  not  unequally 
  yoked  with  unbelievers.''  --2  Cor.  vi  14. 
 
  Cassius,  you  are  yoked  with  a  lamb.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  To  enslave;  to  bring  into  bondage;  to  restrain;  to 
  confine. 
 
  Then  were  they  yoked  with  garrisons.  --Milton. 
 
  The  words  and  promises  that  yoke  The  conqueror  are 
  quickly  broke.  --Hudibras. 




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