appertain
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The Alaskan forest reserves still appertain to the Department of Agriculture.
From Time Magazine Archive
The artists belonging to the ceded portion will be considered by me in this school, to which they appertain, being educated in it, and instructing other pupils in it, in their turn.
From The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Lanzi, Luigi Antonio
Win the consent of your sweetheart, after your own way; but don’t try to take advantage of a power, that does not appertain to you.
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
He would wear the cap on one ear, and walk up and down in display, with a lofty smile, and a carriage supposed to appertain to a British officer in a grand moment.
From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)
But these considerations appertain to the politician; they do not lie within the scope of the present writer.
From Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History by Anonymous
Vocabulary lists containing appertain
Julius Caesar
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