beholden
Meaning
Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged for a bounden duty.
Translations
redevable
verpflichtet
medyun
obligado
verplicht
devedor de favores
indebitato
οφειλέτης ευγνώμωνFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɪˈhəʊldən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English biholden (“beholden, obligated”), past participle of biholden (“to behold, look at”, modern behold), though that verb does not mean "to bind, obligate".
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