APPERTAIN
pertain, appertain
(verb) be a part or attribute of
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
appertain (third-person singular simple present appertains, present participle appertaining, simple past and past participle appertained)
To belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to.
To belong as a part, right, possession, attribute, etc..
Usage notes
• Appertain is followed by to (or formerly by unto, as in The King James Version of The Bible and in the plays of Shakespeare, although to is used in these works as well).
Synonyms
• pertain
Antonyms
• be irrelevant
Source: Wiktionary
Ap`per*tain", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Appertained; p. pr. & vb. n.
Appertaining.] Etym: [OE. apperteinen, apertenen, OF. apartenir, F.
appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach to, belong.
See Pertain.]
Definition: To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or
custom; to relate.
Things appertaining to this life. Hooker.
Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition