Part 1017

<blockquote>I was not a whit <b>behind</b> the very chiefest apostles. <i>2 Cor. xi. 5.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Be*hind"</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>At the back part; in the rear.</def> "I shall not lag <i>behind</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Toward the back part or rear; backward; <as>as, to look <ex>behind</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.</def>

<blockquote>We can not be sure that there is no evidence <b>behind</b>. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Backward in time or order of succession; past.</def>

<blockquote>Forgetting those things which are <b>behind</b>. <i> Phil. ii. 13.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>After the departure of another; <as>as, to stay behind</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Leave not a rack <b>behind</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Be*hind"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The backside; the rump.</def> <mark></mark>

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<hw>Be*hind"hand`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Behind</ets> + <ets>hand</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; <as>as, <ex>behindhand</ex> in studies or in work</as>.</def>

<blockquote>In this also [dress] the country are very much <b>behindhand</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Be*hith"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>prep.</tt> <def>On this side of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Two miles <b>behither</b> Clifden. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Behold</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hold"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Beheld</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt> (<tt>p. p</tt>. formerly <er>Beholden</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, now used only as a <tt>p. a</tt>.); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n</tt>. <er>Beholding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bihalden</ets>, <ets>biholden</ets>, AS. <ets>behealdan</ets> to hold, have in sight; pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>healdan</ets> to hold, keep; akin to G. <ets>behalten</ets> to hold, keep. See <er>Hold</er>.]</ety> <def>To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes.</def>

<blockquote>When he <b>beheld</b> the serpent of brass, he lived. <i>Num. xxi. 9.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Behold</b> the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. <i> John. i. 29.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To scan; gaze; regard; descry; view; discern.</syn>

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<hw>Be*hold"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see.</def>