Adjacent Words

Appertain definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APPERTA'IN, v.i. [L. ad and pertineo, to pertain, of per and teneo, to hold. Pertineo is to reach to, to extend to, hence to belong. See Tenant.]
To belong, whether by right, nature or appointment.
Give it to him to whom it appertaineth. Leviticus 6.
[See Pertain.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: be a part or attribute of [syn: pertain, appertain]

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English apperteinen, from Anglo-French apurtenir, from Late Latin appertin?re, from Latin ad- + pertin?re to belong — more at pertain Date: 14th century to belong or be connected as a rightful part or attribute ; pertain

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. (foll. by to) 1 relate. 2 belong as a possession or right. 3 be appropriate. Etymology: ME f. OF apertenir f. LL appertinere f. pertinere PERTAIN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Appertain Ap`per*tain", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Appertained; p. pr. & vb. n. Appertaining.] [OE. apperteinen, apertenen, OF. apartenir, F. appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach to, belong. See Pertain.] To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. --Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. --Lev. vi. 5.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ap-er-tan': Only once in English Versions of the Bible, namely, in Jer 10:7, for ya'ah "it becometh," "it is seemly," Vulgate "Tuum est enim decus," "it is Thy honor." Generally in the sense of "to belong to" (Le 6:5, "to whom it appertaineth"); Ne 2:8, "the castle which appertained to the house" (Tobit 6:12; 1 Esdras 8:95; 1 Macc 10:42).