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beholden Definition

be·holden (-ən)

transitive verb

Etymology: ME, pp. of behold

adjective

obliged to feel grateful; owing thanks; indebted
beholden Synonyms

beholden

modif.

obligated, obliged, indebted, under obligation; see indebted.

beholden Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: LIFT does seem to make GPs even more beholden to the NHS.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: Strategically, the existence of an Iraq which is not beholden to America is an irritant which cannot be allowed to long continue.
  • already: Before we leave for our jobs we are already beholden to more than half the world.
  • now: It is now beholden on all of us to reap the benefits of the new order.
  • also: Together with Egypt and Jordan, Saudi Arabia, also beholden to the US, refuses to join the boycott officially.
  • directly: The point is that politicians are more directly beholden to public opinion than ever before.
  • all: And then there's this crowd of nobles, all subservient to him, all beholden to him and dependent on his favor.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: Government institutions are becoming ever more beholden to these corporations than to their citizens.
  • feel: Al-Moghira felt beholden to Ziyad for his evidence in this matter, as we shall in the sequel see.

Browse dictionary entries near beholden

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