Orig: from 1909 and 2749; to rest upon (literally or figuratively):--impose, be instant, (be) laid (there-, up-)on, (when) lay (on), lie (on), press upon. G1909
1) to lie upon or over, rest upon, be laid or placed upon 1a) on the burning coals 2) metaph. 2a) of things, of the pressure of a violent tempest 2b) of men, to press upon, to be urgent