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be⋅hold⋅en
[bi-hohl-duh
n] 
–adjective
| obligated; indebted: a man beholden to no one. |
Synonyms:
obliged, bound, grateful, liable.
obliged, bound, grateful, liable.
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| be·hold·en (bĭ-hōl'dən) adj. Owing something, such as gratitude, to another; indebted. [Middle English biholden, past participle of biholden, to observe; see behold.] |
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Beholden
Be*hold"en\, p. a. [Old p. p. of behold, used in the primitive sense of the simple verb hold.] Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted. But being so beholden to the Prince. --Tennyson.
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