Inhold

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To contain, hold in.

    "Sound implicates these obscure tethers, which connect sound to noise, thereby giving sound its sense. The implicated difference inholds an obscure reserve of sense."

  2. 2
    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"

Synonyms

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containpossesspossess

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"Sound implicates these obscure tethers, which connect sound to noise, thereby giving sound its sense. The implicated difference inholds an obscure reserve of sense."

Etymology

From in- + hold. Compare Old English onhealdan (“to hold, keep, maintain”). More at in, hold.

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