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onheld

onheld is the simple past and past participle of onhold.

Meaning of onhold

Verb

onhold (third-person singular simple present onholds, present participle onholding, simple past onheld, past participle onheld or onholden)

  1. (dialectal, poetic, rare, transitive) To hold on (to).
    • She leaped and trembled; still onheld his gripe, And gnawed her waning life.1882, Keningale Robert Cook, The king of Kent
  2. (dialectal, intransitive, poetic, rare) To hold on.
    • Resolved, That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Secondary Committee onheld 8 July, 1918, be and they are hereby confirmed.1919, Middlesbrough (England). Education Committee, Proceedings

Questions about onheld

What is onheld the simple past and past participle of?
Onheld is the simple past and past participle of onhold.

Words near onheld in the dictionary

  1. onguent
  2. onguents
  3. onhand
  4. onhanger
  5. onhangers
  6. onheld
  7. onhold
  8. onholding
  9. onholds
  10. oni
  11. onia

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