Found 2 items, similar to beholden.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: beholden
beholden
adj : under a moral obligation to someone [syn:
beholden(p)]
behold
v : see with attention;
“behold Christ!” [syn:
lay eyes on]
[also:
beholden,
beheld]
beholden
See
behold
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Beholden
Behold
\Be*hold"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Beheld(p. p. formerly
Beholden, now used only as a p. a.); p. pr. & vb. n.
Beholding.] [OE. bihalden, biholden, AS. behealdan to hold,
have in sight; pref. be- + healdan to hold, keep; akin to G.
behalten to hold, keep. See
Hold.]
To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with
the eyes.
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When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. --Num.
xxi. 9.
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Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of
the world. --John. i. 29.
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Syn: To scan; gaze; regard; descry; view; discern.
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Beholden
\Be*hold"en\, p. a. [Old p. p. of behold, used in the
primitive sense of the simple verb hold.]
Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.
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But being so beholden to the Prince. --Tennyson.
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