"sit upon" meaning in All languages combined

See sit upon on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sit upon.wav Forms: sit upons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sit upon (plural sit upons)
  1. Alternative spelling of sit-upon Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sit-upon
    Sense id: en-sit_upon-en-noun-lS4~YEZu

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sit upon.wav Forms: sits upon [present, singular, third-person], sitting upon [participle, present], sat upon [participle, past], sat upon [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,sat>}} sit upon (third-person singular simple present sits upon, present participle sitting upon, simple past and past participle sat upon)
  1. Synonym of sit on (“block, suppress, hold back”). Synonyms: sit on [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: sit-upons (english: trousers)
    Sense id: en-sit_upon-en-verb-ZTLnumkE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "upon", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "upon": 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84

Inflected forms

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