behold
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English beholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve, contain, belong, keep, observe, consider, behold, look at, gaze on, see, signify, avail, effect, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”), from Proto-Germanic *bihaldanan (“to hold with, keep”), equivalent to be- + hold. Cognate with Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”), Danish and Norwegian beholde (“to keep”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /bɪˈhəʊld/, SAMPA: /bI"h@Uld/
- (GenAM) IPA: /bɪˈhoʊld/, SAMPA: /bI"hoUld/
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[edit] Verb
behold (third-person singular simple present beholds, present participle beholding, simple past beheld, past participle beheld or rarely beholden)
- (transitive) To see, or to look at.
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Translations
to see, to look at
[edit] References
- behold in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- behold in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Danish
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /behɔl/, [b̥eˈhʌlˀ]
[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle Low German beholt, behalt.
[edit] Noun
behold
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Etymology 2
See beholde (“to keep”)
[edit] Verb
behold
- imperative of beholde
