inhold
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From in- + hold. Compare Old English onhealdan (“to hold, keep, maintain”). More at in, hold.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -əʊld
Verb[edit]
inhold (third-person singular simple present inholds, present participle inholding, simple past inheld, past participle inheld or (obsolete) inholden)
- To contain, hold in.
- 2002, Brian Massumi, A shock to thought: expression after Deleuze and Guattari:
- Sound implicates these obscure tethers, which connect sound to noise, thereby giving sound its sense. The implicated difference inholds an obscure reserve of sense.
- To possess inherently, contain in oneself.
- c. 1604-1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, Cynthia
- If to the living were my muse addressed, Or did my mind her own spirit still inhold
- c. 1604-1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, Cynthia
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From in- (“very, thoroughly”) + hold.
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Adjective[edit]
inhold
- utterly loyal; loyal from the heart
Declension[edit]
Declension of inhold — Strong
Declension of inhold — Weak