beholding

Be*hold"ing, a. Defn: Obliged; beholden. [Obs.] I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father. Robynson (More's Utopia). So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister's children. Fuller. Be*hold"ing, n. Defn: The act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld. Shak.

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