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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
bear on en · VERB
Meanings
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To influence, have an effect on.
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To be relevant to.
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.
1905, Basil Hall Chamberlain, Things Japanese, Introductory Chapter:That ruling bears on our application.
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To harm, hinder or be a burden upon.
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bear upon