behold

UK /bɪˈhəʊld/ US /bɪˈhoʊld/
verb 3intj 2

Definitions

verb

1

To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.

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; […]

2

To contemplate (someone or something).

3

To look.

Lo and behold.

intj

1

look, a call of attention to something

2

lo!

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