on ∨ upon Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions

1. . (a) To rush; to fall upon. Obs. (b) To have a view of; to be in sight of; to overlook; to look toward; to open upon; to front; to face. A Gallicism: cf. Fr. donner sur.

   Rooms which gave upon a pillared porch. Tennyson.

   The gloomy staircase on which the grating gave. Dickens.