BEHITHER
Be*hith"er, prep.
Defn: On this side of. [Obs.]
Two miles behither Clifden. Evelyn.
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.] Etym: [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.]
Defn: 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.
BEHOLD
Be*hold", v. i.
Defn: 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. Rev. v. 6.
BEHOLDEN Be*hold"en, p. a. Etym: [Old p. p. of behold, used in the primitive sense of the simple verb hold.]
Defn: Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.
But being so beholden to the Prince. Tennyson.
BEHOLDER
Be*hold"er, n.