Adjacent Words

Appurtenant definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APPUR'TENANT, a.
1. Belonging to; pertaining to of right.
2. In law, common appurtenant is that which is annexed to land, and can be claimed only by prescription or immemorial usage, or a legal presumption of a special grant.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other" [syn: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English apertenant, from Anglo-French appurtenant, present participle of apurtenir to belong — more at appertain Date: 14th century 1. constituting a legal accompaniment 2. auxiliary, accessory <appurtenant equipment> • appurtenant noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (often foll. by to) belonging or appertaining; pertinent. Etymology: ME f. OF apartenant pres. part. (as APPERTAIN)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Appertinent Ap*per"ti*nent, a. Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written appurtenant.] --Coleridge.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Appurtenant Ap*pur"te*nant, a. [F. appartenant, p. pr. of appartenir. See Appurtenance.] Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings. --Blackstone. Common appurtenant. (Law) See under Common, n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Appurtenant Ap*pur"te*nant, n. Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance. Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption. --Coleridge.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Adjunct, dependency. See appendage. II. a. Belonging, pertaining, appertaining.