Behold

Quick meaning: Behold is a verb meaning To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. To contemplate (someone or something).
2. (intransitive) To look.
3. look, a call of attention to something

Example Sentences

Lo and behold.

I was working in the lab late one night When my eyes beheld an eerie sight For my monster, from his slab, began to rise And suddenly, to my surprise He did the Mash He did the Monster Mash.

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.

The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.

Word Forms

• beholds
• beholding
• beheld
• beholden
• beholdest
• beheldst
• beholdeth

Synonyms for behold

Depending on context, synonyms include lo, clock, look, geek, kool, regard.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include observe, know, consider, contemplate, see, admire.

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