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inhold

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -əʊld

1

verb

Meaning 1

To contain, hold in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To possess inherently, contain in oneself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • c. 1604-1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, Cynthia If to the living were my muse addressed, Or did my mind her own spirit still inhold

Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From in- + hold. Compare Old English onhealdan (“to hold, keep, maintain”). More at in, hold.