different between behold vs befold
behold
English
Etymology
From Middle English beholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve, contain, belong, keep, observe, consider, behold, look at, gaze on, see, signify, avail, effect, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan? (“to hold with, keep”), equivalent to be- +? hold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”), Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”), Danish and Norwegian beholde (“to keep”) and Swedish behålla (“to keep”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b??h??ld/
- (General American) IPA(key): /b??ho?ld/
Verb
behold (third-person singular simple present beholds, present participle beholding, simple past beheld, past participle beheld or (rare) beholden)
- (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; […]
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 532:
- (intransitive) To look.
- (transitive) To contemplate.
Usage notes
Rarely used in informal speech. The past participle beholden now has a meaning detached from the other forms of the word.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:look
Derived terms
- beholder
- eye of the beholder
Translations
Interjection
behold
- look, a call of attention to something
- lo!
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:lo
Translations
References
- behold in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- behold in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [b?e?h?l?]
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German beholt, behalt, from the verb beholden; see also Danish beholde.
Noun
behold c (uninflected)
- (archaic) haven, refuge
- in the phrases i behold (“intact”) and i god behold (“safe”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
behold
- imperative of beholde
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
behold
- imperative of beholde
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befold
English
Etymology
From Middle English bifealden, bevealden, from Old English befealdan (“to fold, roll up, envelop, clasp, surround, involve, cover, attach”), equivalent to be- (“around, about”) +? fold. Cognate with Old High German bifaltan (“to envelop”).
Verb
befold (third-person singular simple present befolds, present participle befolding, simple past befolded or (obsolete) befeld, past participle befolded or (obsolete) befolden)
- (transitive) To fold up; fold around; wrap up; envelop.
befold From the web:
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