behold
/bɪˈhoʊld/ v [T] (past tense and past participle beheld /bɪˈheld/)Definition
› literature to see or look at: He looked up and beheld the stranger sitting across the table, smiling a secret smile.
(Definition of behold v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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