bear heavily

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This will bear heavily on the quality of the President's appointments and his ability to mold his people into an effective Administration.

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Any major war . . . must bear heavily on them during its continuance and also for generations to come.

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For the schools to raise tuition fees would bear heavily on the already hard-pressed student, and would do little to close their budget wounds.

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These bear heavily every year notwithstanding the blight.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 by Northern Nut Growers Association

To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; Ð now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah