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Word: Beholden
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English: archaic past participle of behold, in the otherwise unrecorded sense ‘bound’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
bɪˈhəʊld(ə)n
Dialects: British English
Definition:
owing thanks or having a duty to someone in return for help or a service
Short Definition:owing thanks or having duty to someone in return for help
Examples:- I don't like to be beholden to anybody
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