inhold

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊld

Verb

inhold (third-person singular simple present inholds, present participle inholding, simple past inheld, past participle inheld or (obsolete) inholden)

1. 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.

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

• possess

Related terms

• inholding
• inholder

Anagrams

• hold in, holdin'

Old English

Etymology

From in- (“very, thoroughly”) +‎ hold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinˌxold/, [ˈinˌhoɫd]

Adjective

inhold

1. utterly loyal; loyal from the heart
   • Abbodissum wé tǽcaþ ðæt hí inholde sín and ðæs hálgan regoles gebodum eallum móde þeówigen,

     We teach abbesses to be truly loyal, and to be subservient to the commands of the holy rule with all their mind,

     (Lchdm. iii. 442, 28)

Declension

Declension of inhold — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	inhold	inhold	inhold
Accusative	inholdne	inholde	inhold
Genitive	inholdes	inholdre	inholdes
Dative	inholdum	inholdre	inholdum
Instrumental	inholde	inholdre	inholde
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	inholde	inholda, inholde	inhold
Accusative	inholde	inholda, inholde	inhold
Genitive	inholdra	inholdra	inholdra
Dative	inholdum	inholdum	inholdum
Instrumental	inholdum	inholdum	inholdum

Declension of inhold — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	inholda	inholde	inholde
Accusative	inholdan	inholdan	inholde
Genitive	inholdan	inholdan	inholdan
Dative	inholdan	inholdan	inholdan
Instrumental	inholdan	inholdan	inholdan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	inholdan	inholdan	inholdan
Accusative	inholdan	inholdan	inholdan
Genitive	inholdra, inholdena	inholdra, inholdena	inholdra, inholdena
Dative	inholdum	inholdum	inholdum
Instrumental	inholdum	inholdum	inholdum