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to appertain

to appertain

1 9.1
Be part of or connected with something, often as a right
  • verb
  • /ˌæpərˈteɪn/
  • Formal
translation icon : pertenecer
  • Everything appertaining to one of our patients is meticulously recorded in that patient's folder.

Examples

  • Copyright protocols appertain here.

    Blog text (8)

  • I have compiled a folder of records which I believe appertain to you.

    Juarez 2045 (2017)

  • The lifestyles refer to specific conditions appertaining to great estates regions and ought to be detectable both in the 17th and the 18th centuries.

    Academic text (1995)

  • "This comes with a grant of the castle of Kilshane and all the rents and incomes thereunto appertaining.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Arise, Robin, Baron of Locksley, Earl of Sherwood and Nottingham... ...and lord of all the lands and manors appertaining thereto.

    The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

  • "We declare that the State of Louisiana hereby resumes all rights and powers heretofore delegated to the Government of the United States of America; that her citizens are absolved from all allegiance to said Government; and that she is in full possession and exercise of all those rights of sovereignty which appertain to a free and independent State."

    Blog text (33)

  • The rights and responsibilities that appertain to every citizen should be respected.

  • The documents appertaining to the case must be submitted by the deadline.

  • He reviewed the policies appertaining to employee conduct in the workplace.

Synonyms

to belong to
vsto appertain
∞ 1.0

To be part of a group or be owned by someone

is formal and stresses a rightful attribute or official connection
to belong
vsto appertain
∞ 1.0

To be owned by someone

is formal and refers to rightful attribute or membership not ownership
to attach to
vsto appertain
169 2.7

To be connected with a person, thing, or event

is formal and indicates a rightful connection not just casual association
to pertain
vsto appertain
108 4.6

To be about or connected with something

is formal and stresses rightful attribute or part rather than mere relevance

Antonyms

to detach
16 4.0

To come apart from something it is connected to

to disassociate
16 7.0

To end a connection with a person, group, or idea

Surface Forms

appertain infinitive
appertained past
appertained past participle
appertaining present participle
appertains third person singular

Morphology

appertain = pertain (transparent) = ap + pertain

The meaning is directly related to 'pertain'; 'appertain' is a formal variant formed by an assimilated prefix and does not alter the core meaning.

Etymology

Appertain comes from old parts meaning ap- 'to' and -tain 'hold', the same 'hold' you see in contain and retain. So, to appertain is to 'belong to' or be connected with something as a proper part.