English-Thai Dictionary

beholden

ADJ เป็นหนี้บุญคุ ณ  pen-ne-bun-kun

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BEHOLDEN

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

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BEHOLDEN

Be *hold "en, p. a. Etym: [Old p. p. of behold, used in the primitive sense of the simple verb hold. ]

 

Defn: Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted. But being so beholden to the Prince. Tennyson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

beholden

be hold en |biˈhōldən bəˈhoʊldn | ▶adjective [ predic. ] owing thanks or having a duty to someone in return for help or a service: I don't like to be beholden to anybody. ORIGIN late Middle English: former past participle of behold, in the otherwise unrecorded sense ‘bound. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

beholden

be |holden |bɪˈhəʊld (ə )n | ▶adjective [ predic. ] owing thanks or having a duty to someone in return for help or a service: I don't like to be beholden to anybody. ORIGIN late Middle English: archaic past participle of behold, in the otherwise unrecorded sense ‘bound ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

beholden

beholden adjective Welles was determined to be his own man, beholden to no one: indebted, in someone's debt, obligated, under an obligation; grateful, owing a debt of gratitude.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

beholden

beholden adjective I don't like to be beholden to anybody: indebted, obligated, under an obligation, obliged, bound, duty-bound, honour-bound; owing a debt of gratitude, grateful, thankful, appreciative; in someone's debt, owing someone thanks.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

beholden

be hold en /bɪhóʊld (ə )n /形容詞 ｟文 ｠〖be ～〗〈人が 〉【人に /事に対して 】恩義をうけて, 借りがあって «to /for » .