appertain

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   formal or literary: to belong or relate to something as a natural or rightful part

   Those privileges appertain to the office rather than to its current holder.

From Middle English apperteinen, borrowed from Anglo-French apartenir, from Late Latin appertinēre 'to belong', built from ad- 'to' + pertinēre 'to reach or pertain'. It is closely related to pertain and appurtenance.

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