As verbs the difference between beheld and upheld
is that beheld is (behold) while upheld is (uphold).
beheld
English
Verb
(head)
(behold)
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behold
English
Verb
To see, or to look at.
*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8
, passage=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;
Usage notes
Rarely used in informal speech. The past participle beholden now has a meaning detached from the other forms of the word.
Synonyms
* get a load of
Derived terms
* beholder
** eye of the beholder
upheld
English
Verb
(head)
(uphold)
