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beholding

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be·hold

   [bih-hohld] 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.

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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
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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