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beheldest

beheldest is the second-person singular simple past indicative of behold.

Meaning of behold

Verb

behold (third-person singular simple present beholds, present participle beholding, simple past beheld, past participle beheld or (rare) beholden)

  1. (transitive) To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
    • There's not the ſmalleſt orbe [in the sky] vvhich thou beholdſt, / But in his motion like an Angell ſings, / Still quiring to the young eide Cherubins; / Such harmony is in immortall ſoules, / But vvhilſt this muddy veſture of decay [i.e., the human body] / Doth groſſely cloſe in it, vve cannot...c. 1596–1598 (date written), W[illiam] Shakespeare, The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. […] (First Quarto), [London]: […] J[ames] Roberts [for Thomas Heyes], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act...
    Synonyms:
    clock, look, geek, kool, regard, squizz, take a butcher's, take a dekko, take a gander, vada
  2. (transitive) To contemplate (someone or something).
  3. (intransitive) To look.
    • Lo and behold.

See all 5 meanings of behold

Origin of beheldest

beheld + -est

Questions about beheldest

What is beheldest the second-person singular simple past indicative of?
Beheldest is the second-person singular simple past indicative of behold.

Words near beheldest in the dictionary

  1. behedged
  2. behedges
  3. behedging
  4. Beheira
  5. beheld
  6. beheldest
  7. beheldst
  8. Beheler
  9. Behelers
  10. behell
  11. behelm

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