behold
verb
[ bɪˈhəʊld ]
• see or observe (someone or something, especially of remarkable or impressive nature).
• "behold your lord and prince!"
Similar:
look at,
see,
observe,
view,
watch,
survey,
gaze at,
gaze upon,
stare at,
scan,
witness,
regard,
contemplate,
inspect,
eye,
catch sight of,
glimpse,
spot,
spy,
notice,
make out,
discern,
perceive,
take note of,
pay attention to,
mark,
remark,
consider,
pay heed to,
clap eyes on,
lay eyes on,
set eyes on,
have/take a gander at,
have a squint at,
get a load of,
check out,
gawp at,
size up,
have/take a dekko at,
have/take a butcher's at,
have/take a shufti at,
clock,
eyeball,
espy,
descry,
look,
lo,
ecce,
Origin:
Old English bihaldan, from bi- ‘thoroughly’ + haldan ‘to hold’. Parallel Germanic words have the sense ‘maintain, retain’; the notion of ‘looking’ is found only in English.
