Hypertext Webster Gateway: "beholding"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Beholding \Be*hold"ing\, n.
The act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Behold \Be*hold"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beheld}(p. p. formerly
{Beholden}, now used only as a p. a.); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Beholding}.] [OE. bihalden, biholden, AS. behealdan to hold,
have in sight; pref. be- + healdan to hold, keep; akin to G.
behalten to hold, keep. See {Hold}.]
To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with
the eyes.
When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. --Num.
xxi. 9.
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of
the world. --John. i. 29.
Syn: To scan; gaze; regard; descry; view; discern.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Beholding \Be*hold"ing\, a.
Obliged; beholden. [Obs.]
I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend
father. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or
sister's children. --Fuller.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
beholding
n : perception by means of the eyes [syn: {visual perception}, {seeing}]
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