English Explanatory Dictionary

beholden

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged for a bounden duty.

Pronunciation

/bɪˈhəʊldən/ /bɪˈhoʊldən/ /bɪˈhəʉldən/ en-au-beholden.ogg

Word forms

beholden beholding

Etymology

From Middle English biholden (“beholden, obligated”), past participle of biholden (“to behold, look at”, modern behold), though that verb does not mean "to bind, obligate".

Derived words

beholdenness unbeholden
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