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BEHOLD
behold, lay eyes on
(verb) see with attention; “behold Christ!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
behold (third-person singular simple present beholds, present participle beholding, simple past beheld, past participle (rare) beholden or beheld)
(transitive) To see or look at, esp. appreciatively; to descry, look upon.
(intransitive) To look.
(transitive) To contemplate.
Usage notes
Rarely used in informal speech. The past participle beholden now has a meaning detached from the other forms of the word.
Synonyms
• See Thesaurus:look
Interjection
behold
look, a call of attention to something
lo!
Synonyms
• See lo
Source: Wiktionary
Be*hold", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beheld ( (p. p. formerly Beholden (, now used only as a p. a.); p. pr. & vb. n. Beholding.] Etym: [OE. bihalden, biholden, AS. behealdan to hold, have in sight; pref. be- + healdan to hold, keep; akin to G. behalten to hold, keep. See Hold.]
Definition: To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes. When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Num. xxi. 9. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John. i. 29.
Syn.
– To scan; gaze; regard; descry; view; discern.
Be*hold", v. i.
Definition: To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne, . . . a lamb as it had been slain. Rev. v. 6.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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