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brought upon

brought upon is the past participle of bring upon.

Meaning of bring upon

Verb

bring upon (third-person singular simple present brings upon, present participle bringing upon, simple past and past participle brought upon)

  1. To (either knowingly or unwittingly) cause to befall.

Questions about brought upon

What is brought upon the past participle of?
Brought upon is the past participle of bring upon.

Words near brought upon in the dictionary

  1. brought up against
  2. brought up short
  3. brought up the rear
  4. brought up to
  5. brought up to a bitter
  6. brought upon
  7. brought with
  8. broughten
  9. broughtest
  10. Broughton
  11. Broughton and Bretton

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brought upon (page history and authors); bring 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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