My crown is absolute, and holds of none.
Dryden.
His imagination holds immediately from nature.
Hazlitt.
Hold on! Hold up! wait; stop; forbear. [Collog] -- To hold forth, to
speak in public; to harangue; to preach. L'Estrange. -- To hold in, to
restrain one's self; as, he wanted to laugh and could hardly hold in.
-- To hold off, to keep at a distance. -- To hold on, to keep fast
hold; to continue; to go on. "The trade held on for many years," Swift.
-- To hold out, to last; to endure; to continue; to maintain one's
self; not to yield or give way. -- To hold over, to remain in office,
possession, etc., beyond a certain date. -- To hold to or with, to take
sides with, as a person or opinion. -- To hold together, to be joined;
not to separate; to remain in union. Dryden. Locke. -- To hold up. (a)
To support one's self; to remain unbent or unbroken; as, to hold up
under misfortunes. (b) To cease raining; to cease to stop; as, it holds
up. Hudibras. (c) To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground.
Collier.
Hold (?), n. 1. The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms;
the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp;
gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay.
Ne have I not twelve pence within mine hold.
Chaucer.
Thou should'st lay hold upon him.
B. Jonson.
My soul took hold on thee.
Addison.
Take fast hold of instruction.
Pror. iv. 13.