beheld Definition

beheld past tense, past participle of behold

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behold (literary or old use)
verb

beheld, beholding
1. To see; to look at something or someone

Example: Shall I behold his face?
Thesaurus: see, observe, look at, view, discern, espy, perceive, scan, descry.

exclamation

1. See!; look! See also lo.

Derivative: beholder
noun

literary
An observer or onlooker.
Example: the eye of the beholder

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon behealdan to hold or observe.