behold

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /bɪˈhəʊld/
• (America) IPA: /bɪˈhoʊld/

Verb

behold (beholds, present participle beholding; past beheld, past participle beheld)

1. (transitive) To see or look at, esp. appreciatively; to descry, look upon.
   • 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 532:

     […] Alaeddin ate and drank and was cheered and after he had rested and had recovered spirits he cried, "Ah, O my mother, I have a sore grievance against thee for leaving me to that accursed wight who strave to compass my destruction and designed to take my life. Know that I beheld Death with mine own eyes at the hand of this damned wretch, whom thou didst certify to be my uncle; […]

2. (intransitive) To look.
3. (transitive) To contemplate.

Synonyms

• seeSynonyms en

Translations

• French: regarder, voir, observer
• German: betrachten, sehen, schauen, anschauen, ansehen
• Italian: guardare
• Portuguese: ver, contemplar
• Russian: смотре́ть
• Spanish: contemplar, mirar, observar

Interjection

1. look, a call of attention to something
2. lo!

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:lo

Translations

• French: voici, voilà
• Italian: ecco
• Portuguese: eis
• Russian: вот
• Spanish: he aquí

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