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Behold vs Uphold - What's the difference?

behold | uphold |

As verbs the difference between behold and uphold

is that behold is to see, or to look at while uphold is to hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

behold

English

Verb

  • To see, or to look at.
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    • , 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

    References

    * * English irregular verbs ----

    uphold

    English

    Verb

  • To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
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  • To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
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    • , year=1872 , year_published=2009 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=James De Mille , title=The Cryptogram , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=Uttering such broken ejaculations Mrs. Hart burst into a passion of tears, and only Lord Chetwynde's strong arms prevented her from falling. / He upheld her. }}
  • To support by approval or encouragement.
  • * 1748 . . Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 18:
    • but there was still a connexion upheld among the different ideas, which succeeded each other.

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    References

    * * Notes:

    Anagrams

    * English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs