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borne on

borne on is the past participle of bear on.

Meaning of bear on

Verb

bear on (third-person singular simple present bears on, present participle bearing on, simple past bore on, past participle borne on)

  1. To influence, have an effect on.
    Synonyms:
    bear upon
  2. To be relevant to.
    • That ruling bears on our application.
  3. To harm, hinder or be a burden upon.

Questions about borne on

What is borne on the past participle of?
Borne on is the past participle of bear on.

Words near borne on in the dictionary

  1. borne in mind
  2. borne in on
  3. borne in with
  4. borne off
  5. borne off from
  6. borne on
  7. borne oneself
  8. borne out
  9. borne the brunt
  10. borne the scars
  11. borne up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: borne on (page history and authors); bear on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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