appertain

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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)

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

The variations appertain, not to the ceremonies of the wedding alone, but to all the proceedings from beginning to end.

From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.