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Evelyn23 Posted 8 years ago
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Bear upon
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What is the meaning of the phrasal verb bear upon in this context? I rephrased it as: foreknowledge will have no affect on the present or future things.
Thus these foreknown events have their free results. Just as foreknowledge of present things brings no necessity to bear upon them as they come to pass, so also foreknowledge of future things brings no necessity to bear upon things which are to come. '
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Evelyn23 What is the meaning of the phrasal verb bear upon in this context? 'bear upon' is not a phrasal verb. The expression is 'bring (something) to bear'.
- Evelyn23 What is the meaning of the phrasal verb bear upon in this context?
- 'bear upon' is not a phrasal verb.
- The expression is 'bring (something) to bear'.
- com/bring+to+bear Evelyn23 I rephrased it as: foreknowledge will have no affect effect on the present or future things.
- That's a reasonable rephrasing.
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Evelyn23What is the meaning of the phrasal verb bear upon in this context?
'bear upon' is not a phrasal verb.
The expression is 'bring (something) to bear'.
See https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/bring+to+bear
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