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beholden

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be⋅hold⋅en

  [bi-hohl-duhn]
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–adjective
obligated; indebted: a man beholden to no one.
Origin:
1300–50; ME, adj. use of beholden, old ptp. of behold

Synonyms:
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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