behold
Part of speech: verb
intj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English biholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, possess, preserve, belong, keep, observe, look at, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”), equivalent to be- + hold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”), Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”), Danish and Norwegian beholde (“to keep”) and Swedish behålla (“to keep”).
Base: hold
Affixes: be-
Inflected forms:
form: beholds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: beholding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: beheld
pos: verb
tags: past
form: beheld
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: beholden
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
rare
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: behold
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: behold
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: beheld
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: behold
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: beholdest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: beheld
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: beheldst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: beholds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: beholdeth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: beheld
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: behold
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: beheld
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: behold
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: beheld
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: behold
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: beholding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: beheld
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: beholden
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
rare
Senses:
gloss: To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: There's not the ſmalleſt orbe [in the sky] vvhich thou beholdſt, / But in his motion like an Angell ſings, / Still quiring to the young eide Cherubins; / Such harmony is in immortall ſoules, / But vvhilſt this muddy veſture of decay [i.e., the human body] / Doth groſſely cloſe in it, vve cannot heare it.
[…] Alaeddin ate and drank and was cheered and after he had rested and had recovered spirits he cried, "Ah, O my mother, I have a sore grievance against thee for leaving me to that accursed wight who strave to compass my destruction and designed to take my life. Know that I beheld Death with mine own eyes at the hand of this damned wretch, whom thou didst certify to be my uncle; […]
The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.
I was working in the lab late one night
When my eyes beheld an eerie sight
For my monster, from his slab, began to rise
And suddenly, to my surprise
He did the Mash
He did the Monster Mash.
gloss: To contemplate (someone or something).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To look.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Lo and behold.
gloss: look, a call of attention to something
pos: intj
gloss: lo!
pos: intj
Synonyms: lo
Derived words: beholdable
beholder
eye of the beholder
lo and behold
long and behold
sight to behold
unbeheld
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: هَا
roman: hā
lang: Armenian
word: ահա
roman: aha
lang: Dutch
word: ziehier
lang: Dutch
word: ziedaar
lang: Esperanto
word: jen
lang: French
word: voici
lang: French
word: voilà
lang: Galician
word: velaquí
lang: Galician
word: velaí
lang: Galician
word: eis
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍃𐌰𐌹
roman: sai
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἰδού
roman: idoú
lang: Hebrew
word: הִנֵּה
lang: White Hmong
word: saib seb
lang: Interlingua
word: ecce
lang: Italian
word: ecco
lang: Japanese
word: 見よ
roman: miyo
lang: Japanese
word: ほら
roman: hora
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ئەوەتا
roman: eweta
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ئەمەتا
roman: emeta
lang: Latin
word: ecce
lang: Old English
word: æfne
lang: Portuguese
word: eis
lang: Portuguese
word: vede
lang: Romanian
word: iată
lang: Russian
word: вот
roman: vot
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: seall
lang: Spanish
word: he aquí
lang: Spanish
word: mirad