beholden

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BEHO'LDEN, participle passive or adjective beholdn. [The participle of behold, to keep, guard, or bind. See Behold.] Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted. Little are we beholden to your love.
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