Upon \Up*on"\, prep.[AS. uppan, uppon; upp up + on, an, on. See {Up}, and {On}.] On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable. ``Upon an hill of flowers.'' --Chaucer.
Our host upon his stirrups stood anon. --Chaucer.
Thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar. --Ex. xxix. 21.
The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. --Judg. xvi. 9.
As I did stand my watch upon the hill. --Shak.
He made a great difference between people that did rebel upon wantonness, and them that did rebel upon want. --Bacon.
This advantage we lost upon the invention of firearms. --Addison.
Upon the whole, it will be necessary to avoid that perpetual repetition of the same epithets which we find in Homer. --Pope.
He had abandoned the frontiers, retiring upon Glasgow. --Sir. W. Scott.
Philip swore upon the Evangelists to abstain from aggression in my absence. --Landor.
Note: Upon conveys a more distinct notion that on carries with it of something that literally or metaphorically bears or supports. It is less employed than it used to be, on having for the most part taken its place. Some expressions formed with it belong only to old style; as, upon pity they were taken away; that is, in consequence of pity: upon the rate of thirty thousand; that is, amounting to the rate: to die upon the hand; that is, by means of the hand: he had a garment upon; that is, upon himself: the time is coming fast upon; that is, upon the present time. By the omission of its object, upon acquires an adverbial sense, as in the last two examples.
{To assure upon} (Law), to promise; to undertake.
{To come upon}. See under {Come}.
{To take upon}, to assume.
It wasn't known who, if anyone, the guns were leveled upon.
Instead, they described it has a housecleaning measure agreed upon after Presser underwent a heart bypass operation in late 1983 to assure that control of the union remained with officials at its international headquarters in Washington.
Perretti said it appears several criminal laws were violated, but a decision on filing charges against Asbell would depend upon his psychiatric evaluation.
And we looked _ I tasked the Treasury, upon hearing from Mrs. Chamorro, to see if there is some way to arrange a bridge loan.
OHA receives money from the state and from income derived from trust lands turned over to Hawaii by the federal government upon statehood in 1959.
Dunphy will leave KABC-TV, his home for 14 years, upon finalization of contract details, officials at Disney-owned KHJ said Friday.
Desert conditioned its modified offer upon receiving enough shares to give it 85% of USG voting shares.
Jobs of activated reservists are guaranteed upon return.
Dennis C. Bottorff, president and chief operating officer of Sovran, will be president and chief operating officer of Avantor and become chief executive officer of the new company upon Brown's retirement.
"He was 26 and looked upon by Don Regan as the most valuable human asset in that firm.
Few great artists have relied so much upon formula as Moliere.
A Majorca police spokesman, who would not give his name in keeping with Spanish custom, said it was expected the U.S. request for extradition would be made and acted upon within the legal limit of 80 days.
It is at Hawthorn House, Forth Banks, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3SG.
In the filing, the Perelman group said it wants to increase its TW holdings "based in part upon the substantial decline in the market price of the common stock in recent months."
Last week, Kohlberg Kravis launched a $90-a-share tender offer for Atlanta-based Nabisco that is contingent upon approval by the company's board.
Frederick Hoff of USDA's Economic Research Service said that "many consumers are unaware that honeybees are used to pollinate foods they are dependent upon.
The belief that knowledge empowers people and nations is the foundation upon which we must build our commitment to education.
He also said the study assumed all sex acts were vaginal intercourse and ignored the likelihood that prostitutes more frequently perform oral sex upon clients, an act less likely to spread the AIDS virus.
IBM is also offering circuit-boards incorporating its home-built Intel-designed chips to other PC makers. IBM has also demonstrated its ability to improve upon Intel's microprocessor designs.
"Friday Night Lights" describes a city hit hard when oil prices plummeted in the early 1980s, ruining a region that depends upon petroleum.
Special circumstances mean the penalty upon conviction could be death or life in prison without possibility of parole.
But under the method agreed upon, the concessions would be subtracted from projected costs during a base period that ends in September 1987, resulting in a larger savings estimate, according to a source close to Pan Am.
Once upon a time when the world convulsed with political turmoil or war, global investors would funnel money into dollars as a "safe haven" strategy to preserve their wealth.
Everyone else had Cokes and iced tea," Young said recently. "Drinking is thoroughly frowned upon." The Navy now realizes that alcohol can cause work, family and health problems, he said.
"I think basically the banana slug has gotten a bad rap," she said. "They're obviously easy to look down upon, and they do have some odd habits.
And even though federal authorities will deport Jackson upon his release, they agree there is nothing stopping him from returning.
The Czech Republic has virtually completed the most ambitious mass privatisation programme in the former communist bloc and has embarked upon export-led economic growth.
The remodel offers protection not from Viet Cong but from wiry street children who descend upon Lam Son Square early each morning and stay until well after dark.
The company said its offer was contingent upon it receiving two-thirds of Irving's 18.5 million common shares outstanding.
The impact of the recession upon the UK's innovative potential will have implications for the health of the economy long after the recession is formally declared over.