Meaning of bear on | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To influence, have an effect on.
2. To be relevant to.
3. To harm, hinder or be a burden upon.

Equivalents

Examples

“That ruling bears on our application.”

“In order⟳ to enable the reader to supply⟳ deficiencies and to form⟳ his own⟳ opinions, if haply he should be of so unusual a turn⟳ of mind⟳ as to desire so to do, we have⟳, at the end⟳ of almost every article, indicated the names of trustworthy works bearing on the subject treated in that article.”

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