1. beholden - Adjective
2. beholden - Verb
Derived from behold
4. beholden - Adjective Satellite
of Behold
Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWe are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. Francis Bacon
All those who try to go it sole alone Too proud to be beholden for relief, Are absolutely sure to come to grief. Robert Frost
I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus. Malcolm Muggeridge
The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches. Harold H. Greene
We were put here as witnesses to the miracle of life. We see the stars, and we want them. We are beholden to give back to the universe.... If we make landfall on another star system, we become immortal. Ray Bradbury
O sleep, we are beholden to thee, sleep, Thou bearest angels to us in the night, Saints out of heaven with palms. Seen by thy light Sorrow is some old tale that goeth not deep; Love is a pouting child. Jean Ingelow