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   be·hold·en

   /bəˈhōld(ə)n/

   adjective

   • 1. owing thanks or having a duty to someone in return for help or a service: "I don't like to be beholden to anybody"

   Word Origin late Middle English: archaic past participle of behold, in the otherwise unrecorded sense ‘bound’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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     1

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