behold

[be·hold]

To behold is to see. You could behold the changing sky as the sun sets. It’s old fashioned and fancy, so magicians like to use it, as in “Behold! I shall pull a rabbit out of my hat!”

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To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes.

Verb
see with attention; "behold Christ!"

v. t.
To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes.

v. i.
To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see.

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.

Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

Syn. -- To scan; gaze; regard; descry; view; discern.

Behold

Be*hold", v. i. To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see.

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne, . . . a lamb as it had been slain.

To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes.

To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see.

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Usage Examples

Back in the days when the market was a kind of secular god and all the world thrilled to behold the amazing powers of private capital, the idea of privatizing highways and airports and other bits of our transportation infrastructure made a certain kind of sense.

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.

God works wonders now and then Behold a lawyer, an honest man.

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Other Usage Examples

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.

God does not require you to follow His leadings on blind trust. Behold the evidence of an invisible intelligence pervading everything, even your own mind and body.

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.