appertain

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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)

To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

The four questions above alluded to appertain respectively to Heredity, Utility, Isolation, and Physiological Selection.

From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John