behold
For the verb: "to behold"
| Simple Past: | beheld |
| Past Participle: | beheld |
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
behold/bɪˈhəʊld/
▶verb (past and past part. beheld) archaic or literary see or observe.
– derivatives
beholder noun.
beholder noun.
– origin OE bihaldan, from bi- ‘thoroughly’ + haldan ‘to hold’.
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