hold
verb (used with object)
to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp.
have holden
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present perfectof hold.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Thus saith the Lord to his Christ;—to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of Kings.
From Mornings in Florence by John Ruskin
And when Sir Tristram saw the king he ran unto him and would have holden his stirrup.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory
Our custom should have holden the ceremonies out of Scotland, hold them in elsewhere as it may.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
And again, 'Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden to subdue nations before him, &c.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan
When Sir Tristram saw the king coming he ran unto him and would have holden his stirrup, but King Anguish leaped lightly from his horse, and either embraced other heartily.
From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by U. Waldo Cutler
