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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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behold

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Verb (usu participle)
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be=hold

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb behold has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

beholdv. t. [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.].
     To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes.  [1913 Webster]
    "When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived."  [1913 Webster]
    "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."  [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To scan; gaze; regard; descry; view; discern.
beholdv. 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."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

behold, v.tr. (past & past part. beheld) literary (esp. in imper.) see, observe.

Derivative
beholder n.
Etymology
OE bihaldan (as BE-, haldan hold)

THESAURUS

behold

NB, catch sight of, clap eyes on, descry, discern, discover, distinguish, espy, glimpse, have in sight, ken, lay eyes on, look at, look on, look upon, make out, mark, note, notice, observe, perceive, pick out, recognize, regard, remark, see, sight, spot, spy, take in, twig, view, witness

ROGET THESAURUS

behold

Vision

VB see, behold, discern, perceive, have in sight, descry, sight, make out, discover, distinguish, recognize, spy, espy, ken, get a sight of, have a sight of, catch a sight of, get a glimpse of, have a glimpse of, catch a glimpse of, command a view of, witness, contemplate, speculate, cast the eyes on, set the eyes on, be a spectator of, look on, see sights, see at a glance, look, view, eye, lift up the eyes, open one's eye, look at, look on, look upon, look over, look about one, look round, survey, scan, inspect, run the eye over, run the eye through, reconnoiter, glance round, glance on, glance over turn one's looks upon, bend one's looks upon, direct the eyes to, turn the eyes on, cast a glance, observe, watch, see with one's own eyes, watch for, peep, peer, pry, take a peep, play at bopeep, look full in the face, look hard at, look intently, strain one's eyes, fix the eyes upon, rivet the eyes upon, stare, gaze, pore over, gloat on, leer, ogle, glare, goggle, cock the eye, squint, gloat, look askance.

Spectator

VB witness, behold, look on, gawk, rubber, rubberneck.

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