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Definition of Pertain
1. Verb. Be relevant to. "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
Related verbs: Advert, Allude, Touch
Specialized synonyms: Center, Center On, Concentrate On, Focus On, Revolve About, Revolve Around, Apply, Go For, Hold, Affect, Involve, Regard, Interest, Matter To
Derivative terms: Pertinence, Pertinency, Pertinent, Reference
2. Verb. Be a part or attribute of.
Generic synonyms: Belong, Belong To
Derivative terms: Appurtenance, Appurtenant, Pertinent
Definition of Pertain
1. v. i. 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.
Definition of Pertain
1. Verb. (intransitive) to belong ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) to relate, to refer, be relevant to ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pertain
1. to have reference or relation [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Pertain
1. 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) Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pertain
Literary usage of Pertain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1905)
"85 Political communications comprise the following two classes: (1) Those which
pertain to affairs of State; and (2) Those which pertain to the ..."
2. The Science of Logic: Or, an Analysis of the Laws of Thought by Asa Mahan (1857)
"It is now commonly assumed as a principle in science, that while individual
conceptions pertain to objects, general ones— the specifical and ..."
3. Ethic Demonstrated in Geometrical Order and Divided Into Five Parts, which by Benedictus de Spinoza (1883)
"Se, ^ the "Scents which I find in authors, by wh.ch they endeavour to show that
corporeal follows, therefore, that it does not pertain to God's '• ; :ance ..."
4. A Treatise on the Power of Taxation, State and Federal, in the United States by Frederick Newton Judson (1917)
"Purpose of Taxation Must Not Only be Public, but pertain to District Taxed.—The
requirement of a public purpose obviously applies to all forms of taxation, ..."
5. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"704 PATENTS Abstracts of patents are included under the appropriate divisions of
the journal: those on organic compounds, unless they pertain especially to ..."
6. The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de ( Cervantes Saavedra, Henry Edward Watts (1888)
"Concerning matters which relate and pertain to this adventure and to this memorable
history. REALLY and truly all who delight in stories like this ought to ..."
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