beholding : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: beholding	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for beholding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beholding n perception by means of the eyes [syn: visual perception, beholding, seeing]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beholding \Be*hold"ing\, n. The act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld. --Shak.
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]:
Beholding \Behold"ing\, a. Obliged; beholden. [Obs.] I was much bound and beholding* to the right reverend father. --Robynson (More's Utopia). So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister's children. --Fuller.