Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to behold
Participle: beheld
Gerund: beholding
Indicative
Present
| I | behold |
| you | behold |
| he;she;it | beholds |
| we | behold |
| you | behold |
| they | behold |
Perfect
| I | have beheld; beholden |
| you | have beheld; beholden |
| he;she;it | has beheld; beholden |
| we | have beheld; beholden |
| you | have beheld; beholden |
| they | have beheld; beholden |
Past
| I | beheld |
| you | beheld |
| he;she;it | beheld |
| we | beheld |
| you | beheld |
| they | beheld |
Pluperfect
| I | had beheld; beholden |
| you | had beheld; beholden |
| he;she;it | had beheld; beholden |
| we | had beheld; beholden |
| you | had beheld; beholden |
| they | had beheld; beholden |
Future
| I | will behold |
| you | will behold |
| he;she;it | will behold |
| we | will behold |
| you | will behold |
| they | will behold |
Future Perfect
| I | will have beheld; beholden |
| you | will have beheld; beholden |
| he;she;it | will have beheld; beholden |
| we | will have beheld; beholden |
| you | will have beheld; beholden |
| they | will have beheld; beholden |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | behold |
| you | behold |
| he;she;it | behold |
| we | behold |
| you | behold |
| they | behold |
Perfect
| I | have beheld; beholden |
| you | have beheld; beholden |
| he;she;it | have beheld; beholden |
| we | have beheld; beholden |
| you | have beheld; beholden |
| they | have beheld; beholden |
Imperfect
| I | beheld |
| you | beheld |
| he;she;it | beheld |
| we | beheld |
| you | beheld |
| they | beheld |
Pluperfect
| I | had beheld; beholden |
| you | had beheld; beholden |
| he;she;it | had beheld; beholden |
| we | had beheld; beholden |
| you | had beheld; beholden |
| they | had beheld; beholden |
Conditional
Present
| I | would behold |
| you | would behold |
| he;she;it | would behold |
| we | would behold |
| you | would behold |
| they | would behold |
Perfect
| I | would have beheld; beholden |
| you | would have beheld; beholden |
| he;she;it | would have beheld; beholden |
| we | would have beheld; beholden |
| you | would have beheld; beholden |
| they | would have beheld; beholden |
Imperative
| you | behold |
| we | Let's behold |
| you | behold |
Verbs conjugated like 'behold'
behold,
hold,
uphold,
withhold,
breathhold,
hand-hold,
handhold,
overwithhold,
stranglehold,
underwithhold,
Verbs similar to 'behold'
begold,
bedole,
begild,
begod,
behand,
behead,
behell,
behelm,
behope,
behorn,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to perceive with the eyes
- decern, pipe, see
- to pay attention to with one’s eyes
- clock, geek, kool, look, regard, squizz, take a butcher's, take a dekko, take a gander, vada, view
- see
- look, view, observe, regard
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English biholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, possess, preserve, belong, keep, observe, look at, 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”). See: Middle English '
biholden', Old English '
behealdan', Frisian, Saterlandic 'behoolde', Dutch '
behouden', German, old spelling '
behalten', Swedish '
behålla'.
Verbs referencing "behold"
German, old spelling
behalten.
Sample Sentences
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He took his leave; as stately and complete a gentleman of Nature 's making, as ever I beheld; and moved among the people in the boat, another kind of being. He sent me a lithographed portrait of himself soon afterwards; very like, though scarcely handsome enough; which I have carefully [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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At length, upon the morning of the third day, we arrived at a spot so much more desolate than any we had yet beheld, that the forlornest places we had passed, were, in comparison with it, full of interest. At the junction of the two rivers, on ground so flat and low and marshy, that at certain seasons of the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] double quick time, they should, within two years, sing ‘Yankee Doodle in Hyde Park, and Hail Columbia in the scarlet courts of Westminster ! ’ I found it a pretty town, and had the satisfaction of beholding the outside of the office of the journal from which I have just quoted. I did not enjoy the delight of seeing the wit who indited the paragraph in question, but I have no doubt he is a prodigious [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] were none of the human creation before. But even the Shakers emigrated from England; our country is not unknown to Mr. Joseph Smith, the apostle of Mormonism, or to his benighted disciples; I have beheld religious scenes myself in some of our populous towns which can hardly be surpassed by an American camp-meeting; and I am not aware that any instance of superstitious imposture on the one hand, and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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CHAPTER XXXI The Middle Passage “ Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look upon iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he ? ” — HAB. [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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CHAPTER XXXIV The Quadroon’s Story And behold the tears of such as are oppressed; and on the side of their oppressors there was power. Wherefore I praised the dead that are already dead more than the living that are yet alive.—ECCL. 4:1.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] the devil, ” said Tom, “ should I think of _them_ for ? Last thing ever _I_ want to think of—hang it all ! ” And Tom flounced over, untucking and disarranging everything, in a manner frightful to behold.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] on a ride to a neighboring farm. For many days Cassy had been unusually gracious and accommodating in her humors; and Legree and she had been, apparently, on the best of terms. At present, we may behold her and Emmeline in the room of the latter, busy in sorting and arranging two small bundles.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)