inhold

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 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.
   • Sir Walter Raleigh

     The light which the sun inholds and casts forth.

Anagrams

• hold in, holdin'

Etymology

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

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,