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behad

behad adjective: beholden; indebted.

Adjective

behad (comparative more behad, superlative most behad)

  1. (Scotland, dialectal) Beholden; indebted.

Forms of behad

comparativemore behad
superlativemost behad

Origin of behad

From Old Scots behald, behauld, reduced variant of behalden, behaulden (“beholden, indebted”), from behald, behauld (“to look at, regard”). More at behold.

Questions about behad

What does behad mean?
Behad means beholden; indebted.
What part of speech is behad?
Behad is an adjective.

Words near behad in the dictionary

  1. begynnynges
  2. Beha
  3. Beha Ullah
  4. behabitive
  5. behabitives
  6. behad
  7. Behaghelian
  8. Behai
  9. Behaism
  10. Behaist
  11. Behaite

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