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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

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