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pertained |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pertain \Per*tain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pertained}; p. pr & vb n. {Pertaining}.] [OE. partenen OF partenir fr L. pertinere to stretch out reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold keep See {Per-}, and {Tenable}, and cf {Appertain}, {Pertinent}.] 1. To belong; to have connection with or dependence on something as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant life. Men hate those who affect that honor by ambition which pertaineth not to them --Hayward. 2. To have relation or reference to something These words pertain unto us at this time as they pertained to them at their time. --Latimer.
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