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Definition of Beholding
1. Noun. Perception by means of the eyes.
Generic synonyms: Perception
Specialized synonyms: Contrast, Face Recognition, Object Recognition, Visual Space, Fusion, Optical Fusion
Derivative terms: See
Definition of Beholding
1. a. Obliged; beholden.
2. n. The act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld.
Definition of Beholding
1. Verb. (present participle of behold) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beholding
1. behold [v] - See also: behold
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beholding
Literary usage of Beholding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton (1750)
"... To mark their doings, them beholding foon, 50 Comes down to fee their city,
ere the tower ... beholding ..."
2. Christian Life: Its Hopes, Its Fears, and Its Close : Sermons, Preached by Thomas Arnold (1845)
"And the people stood beholding. IT was our Lord upon the cross whom they were
beholding, and they who so beheld Him were the mixed multitude which, ..."
3. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"Differences between our beholding the glory of ... inquire into the difference
that is between our beholding of the glory of Christ in this world by faith, ..."
4. The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1883)
"... on my side, of the island— ily horror on beholding the dismal work they were
about— I determine on the destruction of the next party, ..."