BEHOLDINGS

Noun

beholdings

plural of beholding

Source: Wiktionary


BEHOLDING

Be*hold"ing, a.

Definition: Obliged; beholden. [Obs.] I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father. Robynson (More's Utopia). So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister's children. Fuller.

Be*hold"ing, n.

Definition: The act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld. Shak.

BEHOLD

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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