BEHOLDING Synonyms

• perception by means of the eyes

• normal use of the faculty of vision

• having vision, not blind

• (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• the display of a motion picture

• a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial

• the act of observing; taking a patient look

• deem to be

• give careful consideration to

• take into consideration for exemplifying purposes

• show consideration for; take into account

• think about carefully; weigh

• judge or regard; look upon; judge

• look at attentively

• look at carefully; study mentally

• regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem

• look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

• consider as a possibility

• think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

• reflect deeply on a subject

• a long fixed look

• look at with fixed eyes

• to become aware of through the senses

• become conscious of

• someone who sees an event and reports what happened

• a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)

• testimony by word or deed to your religious faith

• (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

• (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law

• be a witness to

• perceive or be contemporaneous with

• see with attention