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third-person singular simple present bears on, present participle bearing on, simple past bore on, past participle borne on or born on
To influence, have an effect on. examples
To be relevant to. quotations examples
In order to enable the reader to supply deficiencies and to form his own opinions, if haply he should be of so unusual a turn of mind as to desire so to do, we have, at the end of almost every article, indicated the names of trustworthy works bearing on the subject treated in that article.
1905, Basil Hall Chamberlain, Things Japanese, Introductory Chapter
To harm, hinder or be a burden upon. examples