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appertain

ap·per·tain [ àppər táyn ] (past and past participle ap·per·tained, present participle ap·per·tain·ing, 3rd person present singular ap·per·tains)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
belong: to belong or relate to something ( formal )
another issue that appertains to the policy under discussion

[14th century. Via Old French apartenir< late Latin appertinere "belong completely to" < pertinere "belong to" (see pertain)]
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