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1. Be relevant to
   - refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, touch, touch on, have to do with
    
2. Have an effect upon
   - affect, impact, bear upon, touch on, touch
    
3. Press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
   "He bore on her to finish her doctorate";
   - push
    
4. Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
   "bear on the family tradition";
   - continue, uphold, carry on, preserve

Derived forms: bearing on, borne on, bore on, bears on

Type of: alter, change, exhort, hold, keep, maintain, modify, press, urge, urge on