behold
/bɪˈhoʊld/ verb C1- To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
- To contemplate (someone or something).
- To look. · Lo and behold.
Plural behold · He/she/it beholds · Past beheld · Past participle beheld · -ing form beholding
Verb forms
- Base form
- behold
- He/she/it
- beholds
- Past
- beheld
- Past participle
- beheld
- -ing form
- beholding
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
From the library
Behold the gorgeous East was there!
Be this a fable; and behold
This I, scouting alone, beheld,
Accordingly, after milking, behold Marilla and Anne walking down the lane, the former erect and triumphant, the latter drooping and dejected.
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