Definition of Upon

(prep.)
On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
  

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upon
\up*on"\ (?), prep.[as. uppan, uppon; upp up + on, an, on. see up, and on.] on; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable. "upon an hill of flowers." our host upon his stirrups stood anon. thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar. xxix. 21. the philistines be upon thee, samson. xvi. 9. as i did stand my watch upon the hill. he made a great difference between people that did rebel upon wantonness, and them that did rebel upon want. this advantage we lost upon the invention of firearms. upon the whole, it will be necessary to avoid that perpetual repetition of the same epithets which we find in homer. he had abandoned the frontiers, retiring upon glasgow. w. scott. philip swore upon the evangelists to abstain from aggression in my absence.
note: upon conveys a more distinct notion that on carries with it of something that literally or metaphorically bears or supports. it is less employed than it used to be, on having for the most part taken its place. some expressions formed with it belong only to old style; as, upon pity they were taken away; that is, in consequence of pity: upon the rate of thirty thousand; that is, amounting to the rate: to die upon the hand; that is, by means of the hand: he had a garment upon; that is, upon himself: the time is coming fast upon; that is, upon the present time. by the omission of its object, upon acquires an adverbial sense, as in the last two examples.

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 upon the square 
 to put or throw one`s self upon the country 
 to stand upon one`s dignity 
 to stand upon 
 to go upon 
 upon the whole matter 
 build upon 
 to set the heart upon 
 to play upon 
 upon the whole 
 upon some one 
 to pin one`s faith upon 
 upon the gad 
 to pause upon 
 upon the matter 
 to seek upon 
 to hang upon 
 to turn upon 
 to run upon sorts 
 the face to shine upon 
 to ring the changes upon 
 kingston-upon hull 
 on or upon 
 to wear on or upon 
 to wear one`s heart upon one`s sleeve 
 to stick upon 
 set upon 
 to tread upon one`s heels 
 to tread upon the heels of 
 look upon 
 depend upon 
 to take upon 
 to take upon one`s self 
 to put stress upon 
 to assure upon 
 to break in upon 
 to come upon 
 coming upon 
 come upon 
 to come down upon 
 to catch upon the hip 
 to call upon 
 obtrude upon 
 to break upon a wheel 
 to break upon 
 to double upon 

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 to blow upon 
 to bear upon 
 to bear down upon 
 to be upon the bones of 
 to be upon one`s good behavior 
 to be put upon one`s good behavior 
 light upon 
 supervene upon 
 wear upon 
 luff upon luff 
 out upon 
 put-upon 
 to fall back upon 
 happen upon 
 to fall upon 
 upon one`s guard 
 to fasten one`s eyes upon 
 enter upon 
 hinge upon 
 bestow an award upon 
 a play upon words 
 bear upon 
 chance upon 
 to lay stress upon 
 fall upon 

Origin
From Shakespeare's Othello.

Origin
From Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

Origin
From Joseph Heller's Catch-22. Paraphrase of the original 'some men are born great...' from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night..

prep., across from, against, opposed to: faoi, i gcoinne, in aghaidh, in éadan
on: ar

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Ar = n. the faculty of speech, n. surface, ploughed land, prep. on, upon.
Ar i fyny, upwards, ar i waered, downwards, pref. gives intensity to the signification of words; as arch in English.

Argywain = v. to carry upon

Arnaf = prep. upon, on; upon me

Arsangiad = n. a treading upon

Arsangu = to tread upon, to press

Arsathru = v. to trample upon

Arseddiad = n. a sitting upon

Attalmu = v. to act upon again

Cyrchnaid = n. a bound upon

Dar = a. prefix that implies before, upon, or about to be, analogous to

Dargnithio = v. to pat upon

Dilain = a. worked upon; wasted

Echwynwr = n. a lender, or giver upon trust; creditor

Gorddyfod = v. to come upon

Gorddyfodiad = n. supervention; a coming upon

Goresgyn = n. a coming upon possession; conquest; a lease

Gwartha = v. to throw upon

Gwarthafu = v. to go upon; to ride

Gwrch = n. what is upon

Pileru = v. to build upon pillars, to erect pillars

Yng = n. what is close upon; a bare touch; a slight hint

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verb
(a) to do something as the result of something which has been said; he acted upon your suggestion
(b) to have an effect on; the antibiotic acted quickly on the infection