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What (who) is BEHOLDEN - definition
ALBUM BY PATTI SMITH
One Voice (Patti Smith song); Gung ho album; Lo and Beholden; Persuasion (song); Gone Pie; China Bird; Strange Messengers; Upright Come; New Party (song); Libbie's Song
beholden
a.
1.
Obliged, indebted, bound, in debt, obligated, under obligation.
2.
Obliged, grateful, thankful, devoted.
beholden
¦ adjective (usu. beholden to) owing gratitude for a service or favour.
Origin
ME: archaic past participle of behold, in the otherwise unrecorded sense 'bound'.
beholden
If you are beholden to someone, you are in debt to them in some way or you feel that you have a duty to them because they have helped you.
We feel really beholden to them for what they've done.
ADJ: v-link ADJ to n
Wikipedia
Gung Ho (album)
Gung Ho is the eighth studio album by Patti Smith, released March 21, 2000 on Arista Records.
Examples of use of BEHOLDEN
1. "I was beholden to none of them and they were not beholden to me," Mr Ahern declared.
2. A patronage system that makes employees beholden to political bosses.
3. But the former mayor insists that he is an independent candidate, not beholden to any party.
4. Maliki is beholden to Sadr, who supported his bid to become prime minister.
5. In fact, he does not seem to be beholden to anyone but Putin.