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borne upon

borne upon is the past participle of bear upon.

Meaning of bear upon

Verb

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

  1. To influence, have an effect upon.
    Synonyms:
    bear on
  2. To be relevant to.
    • That ruling bears upon our application.

Questions about borne upon

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

Words near borne upon in the dictionary

  1. borne oneself
  2. borne out
  3. borne the brunt
  4. borne the scars
  5. borne up
  6. borne upon
  7. borne with
  8. borne witness
  9. Bornean
  10. Bornean clouded leopard
  11. Bornean clouded leopards

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Adapted from Wiktionary: borne upon (page history and authors); bear upon (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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