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lain upon

lain upon is the past participle of lie upon.

Meaning of lie upon

Verb

lie upon (third-person singular simple present lies upon, present participle lying upon, simple past lay upon, past participle lain upon)

  1. (archaic) To be incumbent upon; to be up to (someone); to be obligatory upon.
    • It lies upon the prosecution to prove that the defendant is guilty.
  2. To lie on.
    • She was lying upon the bed.
  3. (obsolete) To importune; to urge; to solicit.
    • The judge in the parable granted the widow's suit merely because she lay upon him, and was troublesome to him.

Questions about lain upon

What is lain upon the past participle of?
Lain upon is the past participle of lie upon.

Words near lain upon in the dictionary

  1. lain off
  2. lain on the oars
  3. lain over
  4. lain rough
  5. lain to
  6. lain upon
  7. lain waste
  8. lain with
  9. Lainaotabi
  10. Lainaotapi
  11. Lainautabi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lain upon (page history and authors); lie 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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