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upon Definition

upon (ə pän′, ə pôn′)

on (in various senses), or up and on: on and upon are generally interchangeable, the choice being governed by idiom, sentence rhythm, etc.

Etymology: ME < up, up + on, on, prob. infl. by ON upp á (< upp, upward + á, on)

adverb

  1. on: used only for completing a verb a canvas not painted upon
  2. Obsolete on it; on one's person
  3. Obsolete thereupon; thereafter

upon Synonyms

upon

modif. and prep.

  1. On

    on top of, in, attached to, visible on, against, affixed to, next to, located at, superimposed.

  2. At the time of

    consequent to, beginning with, at the occurrence of; see simultaneous.

upon Quotes

Either with it or upon it.

—Anonymous