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    [Verb]  | "ap*per*tain" | \ ˌa-pər-ˈtān \


    1: to belong or be connected as a rightful part or attribute : pertain


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English apertenen, apartenen, apperteinen "to belong (to) by nature or right, be appropriate (to), have reference (to)," borrowed from Anglo-French appurtenir, appertenir, apartenir "to belong, be fitting" (continental Old French apartenir), going back to Late Latin appertinēre "to belong, be suitable," from Latin ap- {see: |ap-|ad-} + pertinēre "to reach, be directed, {see: |pertain|pertain}";

    [Verb]  | "appertained" 


    1: to be the property of a person or group of persons;


      * e.g., " ... the doctrine that the swath of land between the Atlantic and the Pacific naturally appertained to the United States "



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    2: to have a relation or connection;


      * e.g., " ... list some of the things appertaining to public health "



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    [Verb]  | "appertain" 


    1: to be the property of a person or group of persons;


      * e.g., " ... the doctrine that the swath of land between the Atlantic and the Pacific naturally appertained to the United States "



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    2: to have a relation or connection;


      * e.g., " ... list some of the things appertaining to public health "



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    [Verb]  | "appertained (to)" 


    1: as in referred (to), related (to);


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