01 prep. On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
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On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.“Our host upon his stirrups stood anon.” — Chaucer.“Thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar.” — Ex. xxix. 21.“The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.” — Judg. xvi. 9.“As I did stand my watch upon the hill.” — Shak.“He made a great difference between people that did rebel upon wantonness, and them that did rebel upon want.” — Bacon.“This advantage we lost upon the invention of firearms.” — Addison.“Upon the whole, it will be necessary to avoid that perpetual repetition of the same epithets which we find in Homer.” — Pope.“He had abandoned the frontiers, retiring upon Glasgow.” — Sir. W. Scott.“Philip swore upon the Evangelists to abstain from aggression in my absence.” — Landor.
Phrases & compounds
To assure upon —
to promise; to undertake.
To come upon —
See under Come.
To take upon —
to assume.