beholding (root: behold)

Verb (usu participle)

be=hold=ing

WORDNET DICTIONARY

beholding(n = noun.cognition) seeing, visual perception - perception by means of the eyes;

is a kind of perception

has particulars: contrast, face recognition, object recognition, visual space, fusion, optical fusion

beholding, a.

Obliged; beholden. [1913 Webster]

"I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father." [1913 Webster]

"So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister's children." [1913 Webster]

beholding, n.

The act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld. Shak. [1913 Webster]

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