Part 1018

<blockquote>And I <b>beheld</b>, and, lo, in the midst of the throne, . . . a lamb as it had been slain. <i> Rev. v. 6.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Beholden</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hold"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <ety>[Old p. p. of <ets>behold</ets>, used in the primitive sense of the simple verb <ets>hold</ets>.]</ety> <def>Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.</def>

<blockquote>But being so <b>beholden</b> to the Prince. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Beholder</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hold"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who beholds; a spectator.</def>

<h1>Beholding</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hold"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Obliged; beholden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I was much bound and <b>beholding</b> to the right reverend father. <i>Robynson (More's Utopia).</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>So much hath Oxford been <b>beholding</b> to her nephews, or sister's children. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Beholding</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hold"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld.</def>

<i> Shak.</i>

<h1>Beholdingness</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hold"ing*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt><def>, The state of being obliged or beholden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<h1>Behoof</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hoof"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>to bihove</ets> for the use of, AS. <ets>beh<?/f</ets> advantage, a word implied in <ets>beh<?/fl\'c6c</ets> necessary; akin to Sw. <ets>behof</ets>, Dan. <ets>behov</ets>, G. <ets>behuf</ets>, and E. <ets>heave</ets>, the root meaning <ets>to seize</ets>, hence the meanings "to hold, make use of." See <er>Heave</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use.</def>

<blockquote>No mean recompense it brings To your <b>behoof</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Behoovable</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hoov"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Supplying need; profitable; advantageous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Udall.</i>

<h1>Behoove</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hoove"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Behooved</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Behooving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bihoven</ets>, <ets>behoven</ets>, AS. <ets>beh<?/fian</ets> to have need of, fr. <ets>beh<?/f</ets>. See <er>Behoof</er>.]</ety> <def>To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally.</def>

<blockquote>And thus it <b>behooved</b> Christ to suffer. <i> Luke xxiv. 46.</i></blockquote>

<altsp>[Also written <asp>behove</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Behoove</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hoove"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due.</def>