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Definition of Bear upon
1. Verb. Have an effect upon. "Will the new rules affect me?"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Strike A Blow, Repercuss, Tell On, Redound, Excite, Stimulate, Process, Treat, Hydrolise, Hydrolize, Color, Colour, Distort, Tinge, Endanger, Expose, Peril, Queer, Scupper, Hit, Strike, Subject, Bother, Discommode, Disoblige, Incommode, Inconvenience, Put Out, Trouble, Act Upon, Influence, Work, Slam-dunk
Derivative terms: Impact, Impact
Definition of Bear upon
1. Verb. To influence, have an effect upon. ¹
2. Verb. To be relevant to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bear Upon
Literary usage of Bear upon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"VVe trace, too, ence to bear upon the English genius, though in the during these
ages the rise of the draina in the miracle- immediate present of the ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"128 US The other sections which bear upon the questions involved are the following:
Sec. 6. "The sureties for the stay of execution may be taken and ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"out regard to the influence it might have on either side, all the evidence which
could in anyway bear upon the cause. He repelled the charge of calumny and ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"... careful discussion of the influence which the soil and its accessories bear
upon the character and development of the inhabitants. ..."
5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1864)
"The ingenuity with which the writer brings his intimate knowledge of the Old
Dramatists to bear upon hh views of the literary relations between ..."
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