BEAR UPON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bear upon mean? 

• BEAR UPON (verb)
  The verb BEAR UPON has 1 sense:

1. have an effect upon

  Familiarity information: BEAR UPON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEAR UPON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have an effect upon

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on

Context example:

Will the new rules affect me?

Hypernyms (to "bear upon" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bear upon"):

strike a blow (affect adversely)

repercuss (cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect)

tell on (produce an effect or strain on somebody)

redound (have an effect for good or ill)

excite; stimulate (act as a stimulant)

process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)

hydrolise; hydrolize (make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis)

color; colour; distort; tinge (affect as in thought or feeling)

endanger; expose; peril; queer; scupper (put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position)

hit; strike (affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely)

subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to)

bother; discommode; disoblige; incommode; inconvenience; put out; trouble (to cause inconvenience or discomfort to)

act upon; influence; work (have and exert influence or effect)

slam-dunk (make a forceful move against)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

See to the broadcloth and velvet that the rogues bear upon their backs!

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With your assent, I will put one or two of these papers in my pocket, in case they should bear upon our future inquiry.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She could trust her own guardianship, but she could not tell what indirect or political influence might be brought to bear upon a business man.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But I am not afraid so long as I have my oil-can, and nothing can hurt the Scarecrow, while you bear upon your forehead the mark of the Good Witch's kiss, and that will protect you from harm.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

I further proposed to interest Mr. Micawber in Mr. Peggotty, by confiding so much of Mr. Peggotty's story to him as I might feel justified in relating, or might think expedient; and to endeavour to bring each of them to bear upon the other, for the common advantage.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

As they swept gravely in by twos and by threes, with bended heads and muttering lips there were few who did not bear upon them some signs of their daily toil.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“However, let us hear some more about the objects which do seem to you to bear upon the case.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Consider my sweet lord, that you have already won much honor, that we have seen but little of each other, that you bear upon your body the scar of over twenty wounds received in I know not how many bloody encounters.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We may come on something later which will bear upon it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He sprang up on the mantelpiece, could not quite reach it, put his knee on the bracket—you will see the impression in the dust—and so got his knife to bear upon the cord.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)