See lie upon on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "lies upon",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lying upon",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lay upon",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "lain upon",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "lie<,,lay,lain> upon"
},
"expansion": "lie upon (third-person singular simple present lies upon, present participle lying upon, simple past lay upon, past participle lain upon)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "76 10 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "71 12 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"upon\"",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "67 15 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "72 12 16",
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "It lies upon the prosecution to prove that the defendant is guilty.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be incumbent upon; to be up to (someone); to be obligatory upon."
],
"id": "en-lie_upon-en-verb-8DDRy8hG",
"links": [
[
"incumbent",
"incumbent"
],
[
"obligatory",
"obligatory"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) To be incumbent upon; to be up to (someone); to be obligatory upon."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was lying upon the bed.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To lie on."
],
"id": "en-lie_upon-en-verb-a0Ph2FS8",
"links": [
[
"lie",
"lie#Etymology_1"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The judge in the parable granted the widow's suit merely because she lay upon him, and was troublesome to him.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To importune; to urge; to solicit."
],
"id": "en-lie_upon-en-verb-NfHSCSk5",
"links": [
[
"importune",
"importune"
],
[
"urge",
"urge"
],
[
"solicit",
"solicit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To importune; to urge; to solicit."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"word": "lie upon"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs formed with \"upon\"",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "lies upon",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lying upon",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lay upon",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "lain upon",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "lie<,,lay,lain> upon"
},
"expansion": "lie upon (third-person singular simple present lies upon, present participle lying upon, simple past lay upon, past participle lain upon)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "It lies upon the prosecution to prove that the defendant is guilty.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be incumbent upon; to be up to (someone); to be obligatory upon."
],
"links": [
[
"incumbent",
"incumbent"
],
[
"obligatory",
"obligatory"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) To be incumbent upon; to be up to (someone); to be obligatory upon."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was lying upon the bed.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To lie on."
],
"links": [
[
"lie",
"lie#Etymology_1"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The judge in the parable granted the widow's suit merely because she lay upon him, and was troublesome to him.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To importune; to urge; to solicit."
],
"links": [
[
"importune",
"importune"
],
[
"urge",
"urge"
],
[
"solicit",
"solicit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To importune; to urge; to solicit."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"word": "lie upon"
}
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