Appertain
[,æpə'teɪn] or [,æpɚ'ten]
Definition
(v. i.) To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate.
Editor: Quentin
Definition
v.i. to belong to as a possession a right or attribute.—n. Apper′tainance.—p.adj. Appertain′ing proper appropriate (with to).—n. Appertain′ment (Shak.) that which appertains to any rank or dignity.—adj. Apper′tinent pertaining or belonging to.—n. (Shak.) that which pertains to anything else.
Typist: Winfred
Examples
- My occupations at this age were principally the mathematics, and most of the branches of study appertaining to that science. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- She was a stranger to all such local gatherings, and had always held them as scarcely appertaining to her sphere. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was the quality of the repose appertaining to the scene. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Typed by Katie