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beheld
[ bih-held ]
/ bɪˈhɛld /
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verb
simple past tense and past participle of behold. QUIZ
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OTHER WORDS FROM beheld
un·be·held, adjectiveWords nearby beheld
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behaviourism,
behaviour therapy,
Behçet's syndrome,
behead,
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behemoth,
behenic,
behenic acid,
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Words related to beheld
attended,
checked,
detected,
noticed,
realized,
recognized,
ascertained,
contemplated,
descried,
discerned,
discovered,
espied,
examined,
found,
heard,
heeded,
inspected,
marked,
noted,
perceived How to use beheld in a sentence
Thirty years later, Miller beheld her in another proceeding and asked the board not to parole her.
Upon their arrival in Rockaway on Friday, the sisters were stunned by the destruction they beheld.
On the 6th of August we beheld, for the first time, flying fish, but at such a distance that we could scarcely distinguish them.
I looked up at sound of a startled exclamation, and beheld the round African physog of Lyn Rowan's colored mammy.
For a moment Mrs. Chester did not answer; then she looked up and, as if in reply to her own perplexity, beheld Jim Barlow.
As if within her bonny smile and unshrinking friendliness he beheld something new and wonderfully beautiful.
Now as I beheld the living creatures, there appeared upon the earth by the living creatures one wheel with four faces.
British Dictionary definitions for beheld
verb
the past tense and past participle of behold Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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