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ap·per·tain \|apə(r)|tān\ intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English apperteinen, appertenen, apertenen, from Middle French apartenir, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin appartenēre, alteration (influenced by Latin part-, pars part) of Late Latin appertinēre, from Latin ad- + pertinēre to reach to, belong — more at pertain : to belong either as something appropriate or as a part, possession, right, or attribute : pertain < he will grow into an adult with the privileges and obligations appertaining thereto — Richard Joseph > < islands which have been determined by the President to appertain to the U.S. — E.D.Dickinson > |