bear upon

/bɛər əˌpɑn/

Other forms: bearing upon; borne upon; bears upon

Definitions of bear upon

1. verb

   have an effect upon
   synonyms: affect, bear on, impact, touch, touch on

   types:

   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

   cause inconvenience or discomfort to

   act upon, influence, work

   have and exert influence or effect

   slam-dunk

   make a forceful move against

   propagate

   cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering

   bacterise, bacterize

   subject to the action of bacteria

   iodise, iodize

   treat with iodine

   nitrate

   treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate

   tank

   treat in a tank

   aerate, oxygenate, oxygenise, oxygenize

   impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen

   mercerise, mercerize

   treat to strengthen and improve the luster

   malt

   treat with malt or malt extract

   fluoridate, fluoridise, fluoridize

   subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride

   creosote

   treat with creosote

   chlorinate

   treat or combine with chlorine

   carbonate

   treat with carbon dioxide

   camphorate

   treat with camphor

   bromate, brominate

   treat with bromine

   ammoniate

   treat with ammonia

   irradiate, ray

   expose to radiation

   scald

   treat with boiling water

   invigorate, quicken

   give life or energy to

   refine

   treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition

   innervate

   stimulate to action

   irritate

   excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus

   nitrify, nitrogenise, nitrogenize

   treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound

   reverberate

   treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace

   curry

   treat tanned leather with oil or grease

   seed

   sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain

   dose

   treat with an agent; add (an agent) to

   sulfur, sulphur

   treat with sulphur in order to preserve

   vulcanise, vulcanize

   treat with sulfur and heat to make stronger or more elastic

   chrome

   treat with a chromium compound

   bituminise, bituminize

   treat with bitumen

   Agenise, Agenize

   age or bleach flour with Agene (nitrogen trichloride)

   run

   cause to perform

   carboxylate

   treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid

   saccharify

   convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate

   beneficiate

   process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction

   prejudice, prepossess

   influence (somebody's) opinion in advance

   compromise

   expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute

   digest

   convert food into absorbable substances

   vitriol

   expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol

   put

   cause (someone) to undergo something

   shipwreck

   cause to experience shipwreck

   refract

   subject to refraction

   expose

   expose or make accessible to some action or influence

   expose

   expose to light, of photographic film

   fume, fumigate

   treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests

   air-condition

   control the humidity and temperature of

   form, imprint

   establish or impress firmly in the mind

   militate

   have force or influence; bring about an effect or change

   manipulate, pull strings, pull wires

   influence or control shrewdly or deviously

   color, colour

   modify or bias

   swing, swing over

   influence decisively

   blackjack, blackmail, pressure

   exert pressure on someone through threats

   carry, persuade, sway

   win approval or support for

   get at

   influence by corruption

   fix

   influence an event or its outcome by illegal means

   distress, straiten

   bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

   dominate

   be in control

   incur

   make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to

   type of:

   alter, change, modify

   cause to change; make different; cause a transformation