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# beholden

adjective (no -er form used; old use); in the tales often «beholden to»

«beholden» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To be beholden to someone is to feel you owe them thanks because they helped you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beholden/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a hero who has been helped says he is beholden to the one who saved him; a grateful, polite way to say «I owe you»

### Examples

- I am beholden to you for my life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beholden/#x1)
- The poor boy was beholden to the kind old woman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beholden/#x2)
- Thank you; I shall never forget that I am beholden to you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beholden/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «beholden» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beholden/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«beholden» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/beholden.html) on Mova free.