beholder

Use Beholder in a sentence

verb (used with object)

to observe; look at; see.

interjection

look; see: And, behold, three sentries of the King did appear.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English beholden, Old English behaldan to keep. See be-, hold¹

Related forms

be·hold·a·ble, adjective

be·hold·er, noun

un·be·hold·a·ble, adjective

Synonyms
1. regard, gaze upon, view; watch; discern.

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behold (bɪˈhəʊld)

—vb , -holds, -holding, -held
	to look (at); observe

[Old English bihealdan; related to Old High German bihaltan, Dutch behouden; see be-, hold]

be'holder

—n

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behold (bɪˈhəʊld)

—vb , -holds, -holding, -held
	to look (at); observe

[Old English bihealdan; related to Old High German bihaltan, Dutch behouden; see be-, hold]

be'holder

—n

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Word Origin & History

behold

O.E. bihaldan (W.Saxon behealdan) "give regard to, hold in view," also "to keep hold of, to belong to," from bi- "by" + haldan, healdan (see hold).

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Example sentences

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and as the site owners, they have the

eyes.

Secession is in the eye of the beholder, as is rebellion.

Appearances are, needless to say, in the eye of the beholder.

My point was that fairness is in the eye of the beholder.