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behold

/bɪˈhoʊld/ interjection C2
  1. look, a call of attention to something
  2. lo!
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“Amusing, certainly,” replied the young man, “inasmuch as, instead of shedding tears as at the fictitious tale of woe produced at a theatre, you behold in a law-court a case of real and genuine distress—a drama of life.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 48 · C1
Dorothy picked them up and had the Winkies carry them back to the castle, where they were stuffed with nice, clean straw; and behold!
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 93 · B2
Now we behold the embers flee
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 13 · C1
Behold the link with Brother Mycroft!”
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 5 · B2

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