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beholding
adj 1noun 1
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3ADJ.
bound, received, right
VERB + BEHOLDING
am
BEHOLDING + NOUN
nephews
Definitions
adj
1
Obsolete form of beholden.
I thank ye all. To you, my good lord mayor, And your good brethren, I am much beholding; I have received much honour by your presence, And ye shall find me thankful.
I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father.
noun
1
The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation.
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.
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Synonyms
noun — perception by means of the eyes
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I thank ye all. To you, my good lord mayor, And your good brethren, I am much beholding; I have received much honour by your presence, And ye shall find me thankful.
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I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father.
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So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister's children.
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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.
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