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Appertain

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

verb-intransitive. To belong as a proper function or part; pertain: problems appertaining to social reform.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

verb-intransitive. To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To belong or pertain, as a part (to the whole), a member (to a class), a possession, or an attribute; belong by association or normal relation.

Synonyms See pertain.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. be a part or attribute of

Word Usage

"Now it seems to me very convenient to delineate, as it were, in the rough draught, those signs and marks that distinguish a malicious narration from a candid and unbiassed one, applying afterwards every point we shall examine to such as appertain to them."

Antonym

irrelevant

Verb Form

appertained appertaining appertains

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

belong belong to

Form

appertained appertaining

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

relate belong pertain

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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