appertaining

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Appertain \Ap`per*tain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Appertained}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Appertaining}.] [OE. apperteinen, apertenen,
   OF. apartenir, F. appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad +
   pertinere to reach to, belong. See {Pertain}.]
   To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment,
   or custom; to relate.
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         Things appertaining to this life.        --Hooker.
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         Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. --Lev. vi. 5.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "appertaining":
      a propos, ad rem, admissible, affinitive, applicable, applying,
      apposite, appropriate, apropos, associative, belonging, comparable,
      comparative, congenial, connective, correlative, en rapport,
      germane, in point, involving, linking, material, pertaining,
      pertinent, proportionable, proportional, proportionate, referable,
      referring, relating, relational, relative, relevant, sympathetic,
      to the point, to the purpose

    

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