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sat upon

sat upon is the simple past and past participle of sit upon.

Meaning of sit upon

Verb

sit upon (third-person singular simple present sits upon, present participle sitting upon, simple past and past participle sat upon)

  1. Synonym of sit on (“block, suppress, hold back”).
    Synonyms:
    sit on

Questions about sat upon

What is sat upon the simple past and past participle of?
Sat upon is the simple past and past participle of sit upon.

Words near sat upon in the dictionary

  1. sat under
  2. sat up
  3. sat up and taken notice
  4. sat up and took notice
  5. sat up with
  6. sat upon
  7. sat with
  8. SAT word
  9. SAT words
  10. sat-nav
  11. sat-navs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sat upon (page history and authors); sit 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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