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appertain

[ap-er-teyn] / ˌæp ərˈteɪn /


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The Alaskan forest reserves still appertain to the Department of Agriculture.

From Time Magazine Archive

The general character of his face seemed to appertain to the middle period of life; but a closer inspection enabled the beholder to detect in it marks of extreme old age.

From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by W. Harrison Ainsworth

In himself are treasured all the honors, dignities, and rewards that appertain to a worthy devotee of wisdom.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Clark S. Beardslee

At length the right of convoking the diet was assigned to the primate, and the elective franchise was decided to appertain in an equal degree to each of the nobles, without the intervention of electors.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

And the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, are to give the necessary directions herein, as to them may respectively appertain.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. by Various




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