English

Alternative forms

• give up the ghost
• yield the ghost

Verb

to yield up the ghost

1. (archaic) For a person, to die.
   • 1611, King James Bible, Acts 5:10.

     Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:die

Translations