inhold

verb — 2 senses

inhold

verb

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

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.2002, Brian Massumi, A shock to thought: expression after Deleuze and Guattari:
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

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