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Meaning of BEHOLDEN

Pronunciation:  bi'howldn

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Be*hold"en\, p. a. [Old p. p. of behold, used in the
primitive sense of the simple verb hold.]
Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.
      But being so beholden to the Prince.     --Tennyson.
 
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