Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Beholden; indebted.
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- adjective dialectal
Beholden ;indebted .
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Examples
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It is well know that on every questsion the lawyers are about equally divided … and were we to act but in cases where no contrary opinion of a lawyer can behad, we should never act.
A Progressive on the Prairie » Friday Follies 1.13 » Print 2009
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It is well know that on every questsion the lawyers are about equally divided … and were we to act but in cases where no contrary opinion of a lawyer can behad, we should never act.
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In any event, are you suggesting that the Loving court would have carved an exception to interracial marriages where no children could behad?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Ted Olson, Law vs. Policy, and the Role of Courts vs. Counsel: 2009
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In any event, are you suggesting that the Loving court would have carved an exception to interracial marriages where no children could behad?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Ted Olson, Law vs. Policy, and the Role of Courts vs. Counsel: 2009
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The scary thing is, had those emails not been leaked, useful fools like the ones in this thread would still be insisting that the lack of peer-reviewed opposing views proved that there was no more debate to behad.
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The Indiansfor Indians Laban declared them to behad attacked us from the open, and were lying down and firing at us.
Chapter 13 1915
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There’s no predecessor state with a claim to behad.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bernstein (Robert!) Denounces Human Rights Watch: 2009
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