3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Belonging \Be*long"ing\, n. [Commonly in the pl.]
1. That which belongs to one that which pertains to one
hence goods or effects. ``Thyself and thy belongings.''
--Shak.
2. That which is connected with a principal or greater thing
an appendage; an appurtenance.
3. Family; relations; household. [Colloq.]
Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped,
before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons.
--Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Belong \Be*long"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Belonged}; p. pr & vb
n. {Belonging}.] [OE. belongen (akin to D. belangen to
concern, G. belangen to attain to to concern); pref. be- +
longen to desire. See {Long}, v. i.]
Note: [Usually construed with to.]
1. To be the property of as Jamaica belongs to Great
Britain.
2. To be a part of or connected with to be appendant or
related; to owe allegiance or service.
A desert place belonging to . . . Bethsaids --Luke
ix 10.
The mighty men which belonged to David. --1 Kings i.
8.
3. To be the concern or proper business or function of to
appertain to ``Do not interpretations belong to God ?''
--Gen. xl 8.
4. To be suitable for to be due to
Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age.
--Heb. v. 14.
No blame belongs to thee. --Shak.
5. To be native to or an inhabitant of esp. to have a legal
residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or
operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by
the parish or town.
Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which
the mothers belong. --Blackstone.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
belonging
n : happiness felt in a secure relationship; "with his
classmates he felt a sense of belonging"
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