Word Meanings - BEHELD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

imp. & p. p. of Behold.

BEHOLDER
One who beholds; a spectator.
BEHOLDING
Obliged; beholden. I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father. Robynson So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister's children. Fuller.
BEHOLDINGNESS
, The state of being obliged or beholden. Sir P. Sidney.
BEHOLD
To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes. When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Num. xxi. 9. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John. i. 29. Syn. -- To scan; gaze; regard; descry;
BEHOLDEN
Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted. But being so beholden to the Prince. Tennyson.