appertain to
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The Alaskan forest reserves still appertain to the Department of Agriculture.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The person produced as mine in the playhouse, last winter, did in no wise appertain to me.
From The Tatler, Volume 3 by Various
A land of things beyond the present, and yet which could never appertain to any future, map it as she might in the brain that went to work so busily.
From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) by Robinson, Frederick William
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
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