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What does draw on mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word draw on? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (literally) To sketch or mark with pencil, crayon, etc., on a given surface.
  2. (also draw upon) To appeal to, make a demand of, rely on; to utilize or make use of, as a source.
  3. To advance, continue; to move or pass slowly or continuously, as under a pulling force.
  4. To approach, come nearer, as evening.
  5. (transitive) To put on (a garment)
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Approaching the texts in a suggestive and allusive manner, they draw on their own poetic experience to elucidate the texts.
It is also deeply involved in our aesthetic appreciation of the world around us, and there are many examples to draw on.
His telling anecdotes draw on years of personal acquaintance with key figures, and alert attendance at arcane, cultish tech conferences.
When the book was first written, and when it was reissued, it did not have the Canberra bushfires to draw on as they had not yet happened.
However, these groups generally have to draw on interested persons in your locale or city.
These two different approaches draw on two separate articles in the 1951 Refugee Convention.

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