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Seeing bear? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beholding

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'seeing' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'bear?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'bear?' could be 'holdin' (holding in is a kind of bearing) and 'holdin' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'beg' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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