appertain

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The artists belonging to the ceded portion will be considered by me in this school, to which they appertain, being educated in it, and instructing other pupils in it, in their turn.

From The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Lanzi, Luigi Antonio

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 appertain to all the duties of life, but are too numerous to be quoted here.

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