different between beholding vs eyeing

beholding

English

Verb

beholding

  1. present participle of behold

Adjective

beholding (comparative more beholding, superlative most beholding)

  1. Obsolete form of beholden.
    • 1612, Shakespeare, Henry VIII, V, 5
      I thank ye all. To you, my good lord mayor,
      And your good brethren, I am much beholding;
      I have received much honour by your presence,
      And ye shall find me thankful.
    • 1556, Raphe Robynson (More's Utopia)
      I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father.
    • So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister's children.

Noun

beholding (plural beholdings)

  1. The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation.
    • a. 1847, Robert Traill, a sermon
      But this text and theme I am upon, relates to somewhat far higher and greater, than all the beholdings of his glory that ever any saint on earth received.

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eyeing

English

Verb

eyeing

  1. present participle of eye

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