behold
Verb
Verb Forms: beheld, beholding, beholds
- To see or observe a thing or person.
- see with attention
- "behold Christ!"
- To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
- To contemplate (someone or something).
- To look.
Intj
- look, a call of attention to something
- lo!
Examples
- Behold, the perfect spot to play the word ’ZA’!
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English biholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, possess, preserve, belong, keep, observe, look at, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”), equivalent to be- + hold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”), Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”), Danish and Norwegian beholde (“to keep”) and Swedish behålla (“to keep”).
Synonyms
lay eyes on, behold, clock, geek, kool, lo, look, regard, squizz, take a butcher's, take a dekko, take a gander, vada, viddy, view
Scrabble Score: 12
behold: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbehold: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
behold: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary