Meaning of offhold | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To retain.
   archaic, transitive
2. To hold off; prevent; refrain; avoid; shun.
   intransitive

Examples

“A scleral rim should be maintained in contact⟳ lenses to off-hold and balance the corneal portion from the cornea, preventing exertion of any pressure.”

“No, Love⟳, you must be shunned by every means, offheld and offstood afar, for the man that has fallen headlong into love⟳ comes o greater grief than if he cast⟳ himself off a cliff.”

“The mighty foundation of massive natural stone, in the Mediterranean realm, in India as well as in Middle- and South America, almost always represents the world of the toiling earthlings who have⟳ to off-hold the demons of depth as well as to support⟳ their god-miming oppressors.”

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