sit upon

1. To affect someone with or as if with a burden: Official duties sat heavily upon the governor.

2. To occupy a seat as a member of some body of officials: The former mayor now sits upon the town council.

3. To confer about something: The committee will sit upon the matter at the meeting next month.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Putnam	['pʌtnəm]
Caroline	ka-ro-LEEN (French), KER-ə-lien (English), KER-ə-lin (English), KAR-ə-lien (English), KAR-ə-lin (English)	French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
JosÉPhine	zho-ze-FEEN	French
Mordikai	MAWR-də-kie	English (Rare)
Lyndon	['lindn]
Ezhil	-	Tamil