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[ap-er-teyn] / ˌæp ərˈteɪn /


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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 Peter George Patmore

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 Arthur H. Smith

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

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 W. Harrison Ainsworth




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