appertain

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

From Time Magazine Archive

These are the chief appearances of the early part of this month which appertain exclusively to the Spring.

From Mirror of the Months by Patmore, Peter George

Aphorisms came into being as the result of experience, whereas axioms are self-evident truths, requiring no proof, and appertain to pure reason.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

Planks, in a political sense, are the several principles which appertain to a party; platform is the collection of such principles.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

They think that “ordinances so liable to abuse, and the cause of so many divisions and persecutions, cannot truly appertain to the law of God.”

From Christian Sects in the Nineteenth Century by Cornwallis, Caroline Frances