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† inˈhold, v. Obs. [f. in-1 + hold v.] 1. trans. To hold within; to contain, enclose.
1614Raleigh Hist. World i. i. §7 This light..which the Sunne inholdeth and casteth forth. 1628Feltham Resolves ii. [i.] xxiii. 76, I haue knowne.. a merry face, inhold a discontented soule. Ibid. xliii. 128 Who will cast away the whole body of the Beast, because it inheld both guts and ordure? 2. To hold in, keep in, retain.
1726E. Erskine Serm. Wks. 1871 I. 185 Grace is not for inholding but for outgiving. 3. intr. To contain oneself, refrain or keep from.
1655Fuller Hist. Camb. 149, I can hardly inhold from inveighing on his memory. |