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beheld

Verb

The word is derived from behold

Meaning

imp. & p. p. of Behold.

of Behold

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Live among men as if God beheld you; speak with God as if men were listening. Seneca

It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched. George Gissing

The Admiral says that he never beheld so fair a thing trees all along the river, beautiful and green, and different from ours, with flowers and fruits each according to their kind, many birds and little birds which sing very sweetly. Christopher Columbus

He was gentle, like a man mindful of his own strength. In my dreams I beheld the kings of the earth standing in awe in His presence. Kahlil Gibran

Tell me now in what hidden way is Lady Flora the lovely Roman? Where's Hipparchia, and where is Thais, Neither of them the fairer woman? Where is Echo, beheld of no man, Only heard on river and mere- She whose beauty was more than human?- But where are the snows of yester-year? Dante Gabriel Rossetti

The eyes that beheld the chief don't fear for a court official. African Proverb

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