English

Verb

onhold ‎(third-person singular simple present onholds, present participle onholding, simple past onheld, past participle onheld or onholden)

1. (transitive, rare) To hold on (to).
   • 1882, Keningale Robert Cook, The king of Kent:

     She leaped and trembled; still onheld his gripe, And gnawed her waning life.

   • 2008, An Apple A day:

     Because of economic downturn, I onhold my dream first and use my lovely office's notebook IBM Thinkpad T60P as my best friend.

2. (intransitive, rare) To hold on.
   • 1919, Middlesbrough (England). Education Committee, Proceedings:

     Resolved, That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Secondary Committee onheld 8 July, 1918, be and they are hereby confirmed.

Derived terms

• onholding