appertain
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The Alaskan forest reserves still appertain to the Department of Agriculture.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
He likewise carefully provided holy vessels, lamps, and other such things as appertain to the adorning of the house of God.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert
In this way, it vaguely seems to them, they are able to save the doctrine of some one mode of origin as appertaining to species, which need not "necessarily" appertain to any other taxonomic division.
From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John
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)
Vocabulary lists containing appertain
Julius Caesar
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