PERTAINS
Verb
pertains
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pertain
Anagrams
• Parentis, painters, pantries, pinaster, pine tars, pristane, repaints, star pine, terapins
Source: Wiktionary
PERTAIN
Per*tain", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pertained; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pertaining.] Etym: [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.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition