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beholder
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Beholder
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be·hold
/
bɪˈhoʊld
/
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[
bih-
hohld
]
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verb,
be·held,
be·hold·ing,
interjection
verb (used with object)
1.
to observe; look at; see.
interjection
2.
look; see:
And, behold, three sentries of the King did appear.
Origin:
before 900;
Middle English
beholden,
Old English
behaldan
to keep. See
be-
,
hold
1
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
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
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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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
.
The stream rose up in the strangest forms, enough to frighten the
beholder
.
The extent of appreciation is often in the eye of the
beholder
.
Beauty is in the eyes of the
beholder
, and it is a joy to behold.
Yet another example of beauty indeed being in the eye of the
beholder
.
The red soles offer the pleasure of secret knowledge to their wearer, and that of serendipity to their
beholder
.
Jotted impressions are conceived as epiphanies, mystical visions which link the
beholder
to the object beheld.
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