Synonyms for appertain


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ap-er-teyn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæp ərˈteɪn

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Définition of appertain

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Anglo-French apartenir, Old French apartenir (12c.) "be related to; be incumbent upon," from Late Latin appertinere "to pertain to," from ad- "to, completely" (see ad-) + pertinere "to belong to" (see pertain). To belong as parts to the whole, or as members to a family or class. Related: Appertained; appertaining.
  • verb belong, be connected
Example sentences :
  • Mrs. Merton had undertaken the duties that appertain to the "hissing urn."
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Yet there are several characteristics which appertain to the whole continent.
  • Extract from : « Up To Date Business » by Various
  • To you only it will appertain to decide whether you will be converted or no.
  • Extract from : « En Route » by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
  • The consideration of hypnotic cures does not appertain to our theme.
  • Extract from : « Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery » by Robert Means Lawrence
  • Where are the houses, the palaces, that should appertain to these lordly parks?
  • Extract from : « The Scalp Hunters » by Mayne Reid
  • They appeared to appertain to what had preceded them but remotely.
  • Extract from : « The Sins of Sverac Bablon » by Sax Rohmer
  • I warn you that they do not appertain to my caste and political opinions.
  • Extract from : « The Hero of the People » by Alexandre Dumas
  • She was profoundly out of temper with him and all that might pertain and appertain to him.
  • Extract from : « Those Times And These » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • Natural rights are those which appertain to man in right of his existence.
  • Extract from : « The Writings of Thomas Paine, Volume II » by Thomas Paine
  • They appertain to all the duties of life, but are too numerous to be quoted here.
  • Extract from : « The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors » by Kersey Graves

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