behold

Nghĩa

Verb

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.

Intj

1. look, a call of attention to something
2. lo!

Phát âm là (IPA)

/bɪˈhəʊld/

Từ nguyên

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”).