different between unhold vs inhold

English

Alternative forms

• un-hold

Etymology

From Middle English unholden, equivalent to un- +? hold.

Verb

unhold (third-person singular simple present unholds, present participle unholding, simple past unheld, past participle unheld or unholden)

1. (transitive) To unhand, release from one's grasp, let go of.
2. (transitive, telephony) To remove from a "hold" or "on hold" state.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• unholde

Etymology

From Old English unhold, from Proto-Germanic *unhulþaz.

Adjective

unhold

1. unfriendly; hostile

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??ld

Verb

inhold (third-person singular simple present inholds, present participle inholding, simple past inheld, past participle inheld or (obsolete) 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.
   • 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

Anagrams

• hold in, holdin'

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?in?xold/, [?in?ho?d]

Adjective

inhold

1. utterly loyal; loyal from the heart

Declension