behold

behold
verb (beheld; -holding) Etymology: Middle English, to keep, behold, from Old English behealdan, from be- + healdan to hold Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to perceive through sight or apprehension ; see 2. to gaze upon ; observe intransitive verb — used in the imperative especially to call attentionbeholder noun

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  • Behold — is a brand of Furniture Polish produced by the Sara Lee Corporation. Behold furniture polish and Endust dusting aid were previously produced by Drackett. When Drackett was sold to S. C. Johnson Son in 1992, these two products, Endust and Behold,… …   Wikipedia

  • 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}.] [OE. bihalden, biholden, AS. behealdan to hold, have in sight; pref. be + healdan to hold, keep; akin to G. behalten to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Behold — Be*hold , v. i. To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see. [1913 Webster] And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne, . . . a lamb as it had been slain. Rev. v. 6. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • behold — I verb catch sight of, clap eyes on, consider, descry, detect, discern, discover, distinguish, espy, examine, eye, gaze at, glimpse, heed, inspect, look, look at, look upon, make out, mark, notice, observe, perceive, pierce, recognize, regard,… …   Law dictionary

  • behold — (v.) O.E. bihaldan (W.Saxon behealdan) give regard to, hold in view, also to keep hold of, to belong to, from BE (Cf. be ) + haldan, healdan (see HOLD (Cf. hold)). Related: Beheld; beholding. A common West Germanic compound, Cf. O.S. bihaldan… …   Etymology dictionary

  • behold — *see, view, survey, observe, descry, espy, notice, perceive, discern, remark, note, contemplate Analogous words: watch, look, *see: regard, *consider …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • behold — [v] regard; look at catch, consider, contemplate, descry, discern, distinguish, earmark, eye, eyeball*, feast one’s eyes*, flash*, lay eyes on*, note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, scan, see, spot, spy, survey, view, watch, witness; concepts …   New thesaurus

  • behold — ► VERB (past and past part. beheld) archaic or literary ▪ see or observe. DERIVATIVES beholder noun. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • behold — [bē hōld′, bihōld′] vt. beheld, beholding [ME biholden < OE bihealdan, to hold, keep hold of: see BE & HOLD1] to hold in view; look at; see; regard interj. look; see SYN. SEE1 beholder n …   English World dictionary

  • behold — [[t]bɪho͟ʊld[/t]] beholds, beholding, beheld 1) VERB If you behold someone or something, you see them. [LITERARY] [V n] She looked into his eyes and beheld madness... He was a joy to behold. 2) CONVENTION People used to say or write Behold to… …   English dictionary

  • behold — be|hold [bıˈhəuld US ˈhould] v [T] past tense and past participle beheld literary [: Old English; Origin: behealdan to keep, behold ] to see or to look at something sometimes used humorously be a sight/joy/pleasure etc to behold ▪ The beauty of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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