English
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Etymology
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From
Middle English
apperteinen
,
apertenen
, borrowed from
Old French
apartenir
(
French
appartenir
), from
Late Latin
appertin?re
, from
ad
(
“
to
”
)
+
Latin
pertin?re
(
“
to reach to, belong
”
)
. More at
pertain
.
Pronunciation
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Verb
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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.
2023
October 8, HarryBlank, “Taking the Lead”, in
SCP Foundation
[1]
, archived from
the original
on
26 May 2024
:
McInnis reached down and gently raised the old man's head to face him. "Edwin Falkirk, I hereby relieve you of the Directorship of Site-43 under my authority as Administrator of the SCP Foundation. Your security clearance credentials will be revoked in full, and all privileges
appertaining
to your position are rescinded."
- To
belong
as a
part
,
right
,
possession
,
attribute
, etc.
1551
,
James A.H. Murray
, editor,
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society.
[2]
, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published
1888
, Part 1, page
217
:
Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some
appertaynyng
to the rule of Algeber.
1886
,
Arthur Conan Doyle
, “On the Great Alkali Plain”, in
A Study in Scarlet
[3]
, New York: D. Appleton and Company, published
1902
, The Country of the Saints, page
115
:
In this great stretch of country there is no sign of life, nor of anything
appertaining
to life. There is no bird in the steel-blue heaven, no movement upon the dull, grey earth?above all, there is absolute silence. Listen as one may, there is no shadow of a sound in all that mighty wilderness; nothing but silence?complete and heart-subduing silence.
Usage notes
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- 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).
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Translations
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to belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to