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Definition of Beholden
1. Adjective. Under a moral obligation to someone.
Definition of Beholden
1. p. a. Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.
Definition of Beholden
1. Adjective. Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; bound by moral obligation; indebted; obliged. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beholden
1. indebted [adj] - See also: indebted
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beholden
Literary usage of Beholden
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... though not my good friend Mr. John Witt's officious industry, in being beholden
to him above my possibility of requital for perusing so many records, ..."
2. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"And how the Chamberlain of the City did take them down, letting them know how
much they were formerly beholden to the City, &c. He also told me that Monk's ..."
3. The American Scholar: An Address by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1901)
"Every day, men and women, conversing, beholding and beholden. The scholar must
needs stand wistful and admiring before this great spectacle. ..."
4. The Jonson Allusion-Book: A Collection of Allusions to Ben Jonson from 1597-1700 by Jesse Franklin Bradley, Joseph Quincy Adams (1922)
"... but it has been my scorn of late to engage my tuck upon unjust grounds. Tim[on].
Tucca, thy valour is infinitely beholden to thy discretion. ..."
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