Behold Definition

bĭ-hōld
beheld, beholding, beholds
verb
beheld, beholding, beholds
To see, look upon, or gaze at.
I beheld a figure in the distance.
American Heritage
To hold in view; look at; see; regard.
Webster's New World
Used in the imperative for the purpose of calling attention.
American Heritage

To see, or to look at.

Wiktionary
interjection
Look; see.
Webster's New World

Origin of Behold

  • From Middle English beholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve, contain, belong, keep, observe, consider, behold, look at, gaze on, see, signify, avail, effect, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”), from Proto-Germanic *bihaldaną (“to hold with, keep”), equivalent to be- +‎ hold. Cognate with Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”), Danish and Norwegian beholde (“to keep”) and Swedish behålla (“to keep”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English biholden from Old English behaldan be- be- healdan to hold

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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