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English
Verb
lie upon (third-person singular simple present lies upon, present participle lying upon, simple past lay upon, past participle lain upon)
- (archaic) To be incumbent upon; to be up to (someone); to be obligatory upon.
- It lies upon the prosecution to prove that the defendant is guilty.
- To lie on.
- She was lying upon the bed.
- (obsolete) To importune; to urge; to solicit.
- The judge in the parable granted the widow's suit merely because she lay upon him, and was troublesome to him.
References
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “lie upon”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
- “Lie” in John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1791, →OCLC, page 325, column 1.
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