bear upon

English

Verb

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

  1. To influence, have an effect upon.
  2. To be relevant to.
    That ruling bears upon our application.

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