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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
turn upon en · VERB
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(alt-of, alternative, transitive) Alternative form of turn on (“aim at; rebel against; attack suddenly”).
Time is the hound of the gods; but it hath been said of old that he will one day turn upon his masters, and seek to slay the gods, excepting only Māna-Yood-Sushāī, whose dreams are the gods themselves — dreamed long ago.
1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC:
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