beholding
Webster 1828
BEHO'LDING, participle present tense Fixing the eyes upon; looking on; seeing.1. Fixing the attention; regarding with attention.2. Obligation. [Not used.]3. Obliged. Bacon on Love. A mistaken use of the word for beholden
Webster 1828
BEHO'LDING, participle present tense Fixing the eyes upon; looking on; seeing.1. Fixing the attention; regarding with attention.2. Obligation. [Not used.]3. Obliged. Bacon on Love. A mistaken use of the word for beholden