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    BEAR UPON

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Have an effect uponplay

    Example:

    Will the new rules affect me?

    Synonyms:

    affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "bear upon" is one way to...):

    alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bear upon"):

    strike a blow (affect adversely)

    repercuss (cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect)

    tell on (produce an effect or strain on somebody)

    redound (have an effect for good or ill)

    excite; stimulate (act as a stimulant)

    process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)

    hydrolise; hydrolize (make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis)

    color; colour; distort; tinge (affect as in thought or feeling)

    endanger; expose; peril; queer; scupper (put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position)

    hit; strike (affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely)

    subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to)

    bother; discommode; disoblige; incommode; inconvenience; put out; trouble (to cause inconvenience or discomfort to)

    act upon; influence; work (have and exert influence or effect)

    slam-dunk (make a forceful move against)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something

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