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English Dictionary: beholden by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beholden
adj
  1. under a moral obligation to someone
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Behold \Be*hold"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beheld}(p. p. formerly
      {Beholden}, now used only as a p. a.); p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Beholding}.] [OE. bihalden, biholden, AS. behealdan to hold,
      have in sight; pref. be- + healdan to hold, keep; akin to G.
      behalten to hold, keep. See {Hold}.]
      To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with
      the eyes.
  
               When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. --Num.
                                                                              xxi. 9.
  
               Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of
               the world.                                             --John. i. 29.
  
      Syn: To scan; gaze; regard; descry; view; discern.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beholden \Be*hold"en\, p. a. [Old p. p. of behold, used in the
      primitive sense of the simple verb hold.]
      Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.
  
               But being so beholden to the Prince.      --Tennyson.
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