adj
Meaning 1
Obsolete form of beholden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
beholding
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Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: B IH0 HH OW1 L D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a. 1847, Robert Traill, a sermon But this text and theme I am upon, relates to somewhat far higher and greater, than all the beholdings of his glory that ever any saint on earth received.
Meaning relationships
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verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of behold
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 4
perception by means of the eyes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: visual perception, seeing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: perception
Narrower terms: contrast, face recognition, object recognition, visual space, fusion, optical fusion
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.