'Down upon' definitions:
Definition of 'Down upon'
From: GCIDE
- Down \Down\, adv. [For older adown, AS. ad[=u]n, ad[=u]ne, prop., from or off the hill. See 3d Down, and cf. Adown, and cf. Adown.]
- 1. In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; -- the opposite of up. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, in many derived uses, as: (a) From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion. [1913 Webster]
- It will be rain to-night. Let it come down. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I sit me down beside the hazel grove. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- And that drags down his life. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- There is not a more melancholy object in the learned world than a man who has written himself down. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- The French . . . shone down [i. e., outshone] the English. --Shak. (b) In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a descent; below the horizon; on the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet. [1913 Webster]
- I was down and out of breath. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The moon is down; I have not heard the clock. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- He that is down needs fear no fall. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
- 3. From a remoter or higher antiquity. [1913 Webster]
- Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation. --D. Webster. [1913 Webster]
- 4. From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as, to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Down is sometimes used elliptically, standing for go down, come down, tear down, take down, put down, haul down, pay down, and the like, especially in command or exclamation.
- Down, therefore, and beg mercy of the duke. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- If he be hungry more than wanton, bread alone will down. --Locke. Down is also used intensively; as, to be loaded down; to fall down; to hang down; to drop down; to pay down.
- The temple of Her[`e] at Argos was burnt down. --Jowett (Thucyd.). Down, as well as up, is sometimes used in a conventional sense; as, down East.
- Persons in London say down to Scotland, etc., and those in the provinces, up to London. --Stormonth. [1913 Webster]
- Down helm (Naut.), an order to the helmsman to put the helm to leeward.
- Down on or Down upon (joined with a verb indicating motion, as go, come, pounce), to attack, implying the idea of threatening power. [1913 Webster]
- Come down upon us with a mighty power. --Shak.
- Down with, take down, throw down, put down; -- used in energetic command, often by people aroused in crowds, referring to people, laws, buildings, etc.; as, down with the king! "Down with the palace; fire it." --Dryden.
- To be down on, to dislike and treat harshly. [Slang, U.S.]
- To cry down. See under Cry, v. t.
- To cut down. See under Cut, v. t.
- Up and down, with rising and falling motion; to and fro; hither and thither; everywhere. "Let them wander up and down." --Ps. lix. 15. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Down upon'
- Upon,
- To assure upon,
- To be upon the bones of,
- To bear down upon,
- To bear upon,
- To blow upon,
- To break in upon,
- To break upon,
- To call upon,
- To close upon,
- To come down upon,
- To come upon,
- To cry out upon,
- To cry upon,
- To double upon,
- To dwell upon,
- To fall upon,
- To father upon,
- To gain upon,
- To give upon,
- To go upon,
- To hang upon,
- To hit upon,
- To impose upon,
- To improve upon,
- To lie upon,
- To look down upon,
- To lot upon,
- To pass upon,
- To pause upon,
- To play upon,
- To prey upon,
- To put upon,
- To reckon upon,
- To seek upon,
- To seize upon,
- To set upon,
- To settle upon,
- To spit upon,
- To spring upon,
- To stand upon,
- To stick upon,
- To take upon,
- To touch upon,
- To tread upon,
- To turn upon,
- To venture upon,
- To wait upon,
- To wear upon,
- To win upon,
- Upon condition,
- Upon the gad,
- Upon the matter,
- Upon the spot,
- Upon the square,
- Upon the square with,
- Upon the strength of,
- Upon the tapis,
- Upon the whole,
- act upon,
- agreed upon,
- alight upon,
- bear down upon,
- bear upon,
- blunder upon,
- build upon,
- burst upon,
- chance upon,
- come upon,
- coming upon,
- comment upon,
- contingent upon,
- depend upon,
- dependant upon,
- dependent upon,
- descend upon,
- embark upon,
- encroach upon,
- enter upon,
- expanding upon,
- fall upon,
- fasten upon,
- fawn upon,
- feed upon,
- force upon,
- frown upon,
- gain upon,
- happen upon,
- hinge upon,
- hit upon,
- impose upon,
- insist upon,
- light upon,
- look down upon,
- look upon,
- marched upon,
- obtrude upon,
- pounce upon,
- presume upon,
- prevail upon,
- put upon,
- reflect upon,
- rely upon,
- set upon,
- settle upon,
- spring upon,
- stumble upon,
- supervene upon,
- swoop down upon,
- touch upon,
- tread upon,
- visit upon,
- wear upon,
- weigh upon,
- A play upon words,
- Luff upon luff,
- To break upon a wheel,
- To catch upon the hip,
- To fall back upon,
- To fasten a charge upon,
- To fasten a crime upon,
- To lay stress upon,
- To put stress upon,
- To ring the changes upon,
- To run upon sorts,
- To set the heart upon,
- To tread upon the heels of,
- To turn the back upon,
- Upon the whole matter,
- judah upon jordan,
- put-upon,
- upon one's guard,
- To be upon one's good behavior,
- To cast one's self upon,
- To cause the face to shine upon,
- To fasten one's eyes upon,
- To make the face to shine upon,
- To pass something upon some one,
- To pin one's faith upon,
- To stand upon one's dignity,
- To take upon one's self,
- To throw one's self upon,
- To tread upon one's heels,
- convolute rolled longitudinally upon itself,
- kingston-upon hull,
- newcastle-upon-tyne,
- stratford-upon-avon,
- To be put upon one's good behavior,
- To put one's self upon the country,
- To throw one's self upon the country,
- To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve,
- The Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed