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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

But to what portion of sovereignty does it appertain?

From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.

We had the same sense of identity as an infant has when it becomes aware that the delightful toe and the delightful mouth where it is inserted appertain vaguely to the one ego.

From Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington by Gilbert, Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace)

And then it should be borne in mind, that our controversy does not appertain so much to the character as to the origin of the Christian religion.

From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Graves, Kersey

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




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