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be⋅hold

  [bi-hohld] verb, be⋅held, be⋅hold⋅ing, interjection
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–verb (used with object)
1. to observe; look at; see.
–interjection
2. look; see: And, behold, three sentries of the King did appear.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME beholden, OE behaldan to keep. See be-, hold 1

Related forms:
be⋅hold⋅a⋅ble, adjective
be⋅hold⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. regard, gaze upon, view; watch; discern.
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be·hold   (bĭ-hōld')   
v.   be·held (-hěld'), be·hold·ing, be·holds

v.   tr.
    1. To perceive by the visual faculty; see: beheld a tiny figure in the distance.
    2. To perceive through use of the mental faculty; comprehend: "Behold the man of the future" (Jerry Adler).
  2. To look upon; gaze at: We beheld a beautiful vista before us. See Synonyms at see1.
v.   intr.
Used in the imperative for the purpose of calling attention.

[Middle English biholden, from Old English behaldan : be-, be- + healdan, to hold; see hold1.]
be·hold'er n.
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Behold

Be*hold"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beheld(p. p. formerly Beholden, now used only as a p. a.); p. pr. & vb. n. Beholding.] [OE. bihalden, biholden, AS. behealdan to hold, have in sight; pref. be- + healdan to hold, keep; akin to G. behalten to hold, keep. See Hold.] 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; view; discern.

Behold

Be*hold"\, v. i. To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see.

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne, . . . a lamb as it had been slain. --Rev. v. 6.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : behold
Spanish: ver, contemplar,
German: erblicken,
Japanese: 見る
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behold 
O.E. bihaldan (W.Saxon behealdan) "give regard to, hold in view," from bi- "by" + haldan, healdan (see hold). Beholden, in the sense of "indebted" first recorded c.1390.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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