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beheld

[ bih-held ]
/ bɪˈhɛld /
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verb

simple past tense and past participle of behold.

Words related to beheld

realized, recognized, noticed, attended, checked, detected, stare, notice, consider, read, study, watch, see, peer, glance, view, observe, attend, register, perceive

Words nearby beheld

behavioural contagion, behavioural science, behavioural sink, behaviourism, behead, beheld, behemoth, behenic, behenic acid, behest, behind

OTHER WORDS FROM beheld

un·be·held, adjective

Definition for be-held (2 of 2)

behold
[ bih-hohld ]
/ bɪˈhoʊld /

verb (used with object), be·held, be·hold·ing.

to observe; look at; see.

interjection

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

Origin of behold

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

OTHER WORDS FROM behold

be·hold·a·ble, adjectivebe·hold·er, nounun·be·hold·a·ble, adjective
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Examples from the Web for be-held

  • The proph-et's keen vi-sion, trans-pierc-ing the a-ges, Be-held us to 5.

    Birth of a Reformation|Andrew Byers

  • He turn-ed his eyes a-round, and be-held, much to his dis-may, a fierce wolf pre-par-ing to spring up-on him.

    The Giant Hands|Alfred Crowquill

British Dictionary definitions for be-held (1 of 2)

beheld
/ (bɪˈhɛld) /

verb

the past tense and past participle of behold

British Dictionary definitions for be-held (2 of 2)

behold
/ (bɪˈhəʊld) /

verb -holds, -holding or -held (often used in the imperative to draw attention to something) archaic, or literary

to look (at); observe

Derived forms of behold

beholder, noun

Word Origin for behold

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