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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appertain \Ap`per*tain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Appertained}; p.
pr & vb n. {Appertaining}.] [OE. apperteinen apertenen
OF apartenir F. appartenir fr L. appertinere ad +
pertinere to reach to belong. See {Pertain}.]
To belong or pertain, whether by right nature, appointment,
or custom; to relate.
Things appertaining to this life. --Hooker.
Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth --Lev. vi 5.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
appertain
v : be a part or attribute of [syn: {pertain}]
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