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Definitions for Beholding
be·hold·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
visual perception, beholding, seeingnoun
perception by means of the eyes
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Beholdingadjective
Obliged. See Beholden.
Etymology: corrupted from beholden.
Because I would not be beholding to fortune for any part of the victory, I descended. Philip Sidney, b. ii.
Beholdingnoun
Obligation.
Love to virtue, and not to any particular beholdings, hath expressed this my testimony. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwal.
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beholding
Beholding refers to the act of observing, looking upon, or seeing something, often something that is impressive, remarkable, or noteworthy. It can also imply a thoughtful or contemplative manner of observation.
Webster Dictionary
Beholding
of Behold
Beholdingadjective
obliged; beholden
Beholdingnoun
the act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Beholding in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Beholding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Beholding in a Sentence
Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell.
I feel it now: there's a power in me to grasp and give shape to my world I know that nothing has ever been real without my beholding it. All becoming has needed me..
I cannot help but wonder whether, by continuing and expanding the school lunch program, we aren't witnessing, if not encouraging, the slow demise of yet another American tradition the brown bag. ... Perhaps we are beholding yet another break in the chain that links child to home.
Remember how in that communion only, beholding beauty with the eye of the mind, he will be enabled to bring forth, not images of beauty, but realities (for he has hold not of an image but of a reality), and bringing forth and nourishing true virtue to become the friend of God and be immortal, if mortal man may.N.B. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. See also Napoleon Bonaparte.
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