behold

Meaning

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

see

👀

here is

here are

gaze at

how good

give on

spy out

watch attentively

spectate

perceive clearly

view as

have a look-see

admire

apperceive

this is

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɪˈhəʊld/

From Middle English beholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve, contain, belong, keep, observe, consider, behold, look at, gaze on, see, signify, avail, effect, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”), equivalent to be- + hold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”), Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”), Danish and Norwegian beholde (“to keep”) and Swedish behålla (“to keep”).