Meaning of lie upon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To be incumbent upon; to be up to (someone); to be obligatory upon.
   archaic
2. To lie on.
3. To importune; to urge; to solicit.
   obsolete

Examples

“It lies upon the prosecution to prove that the defendant is guilty.”

“She was lying upon the bed.”

“The judge in the parable granted the widow's suit merely because she lay upon him, and was troublesome to him.”

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