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Definition of Appertain
1. Verb. Be a part or attribute of.
Generic synonyms: Belong, Belong To
Derivative terms: Appurtenance, Appurtenant, Pertinent
Definition of Appertain
1. v. i. To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate.
Definition of Appertain
1. Verb. To belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Appertain
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Appertain
Literary usage of Appertain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Charles Petersdorff, Elisha Hammond (1831)
"... to whom the ship did or might appertain in part or in all; hut it was not
alleged, nor did it appear by the declaration and with sufficient certainty, ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1868)
"It is to this part of the work the illustrations referred to on the title page
appertain. DPC ART. XXXVII.—On Diseases of the Lungs and Air-Passages ..."
3. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President (1897)
"... by any French vessel, in order that proceedings may be had concerning such
capture or recapture in due form of law and as to right shall appertain. ..."
4. pennsylvania archives by Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, George Edward Reed, Pennsylvania State Library, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban (1877)
"... receipt of such information, and the same being seen by the Assembly, further
resolution be taken thereupon as to the exigency of affairs may appertain. ..."
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