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bears upon
vb. (en-third-person singularbear upon)
Usage examples of "bears upon".
Gibbon, it may be fearlessly asserted, is rarely chargeable even with the suppression of any material fact, which bears upon individual character.
In like manner, and to the fullest extent, has Frederick Douglass passed through every gradation of rank comprised in our national make-up, and bears upon his person and upon his soul every thing that is American.
That can be given only by a judge, and at midwinter-night, and only after hearing everything that bears upon the case.