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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

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

The idea of a life beyond this one seems also to appertain to normal humanity.

From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe

The general character of his face seemed to appertain to the middle period of life; but a closer inspection enabled the beholder to detect in it marks of extreme old age.

From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by Ainsworth, W. Harrison

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




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