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beholder | beheld |

As a noun beholder

is someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator.

As a verb beheld is

past tense of behold.

beholder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
  • (fantasy) A fictional monster in roleplaying games, a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth and many eyes on stalks.
  • 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

    References

    * * English irregular verbs ----