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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

But these considerations appertain to the politician; they do not lie within the scope of the present writer.

From Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History by Anonymous

Exercise the rights and perform the duties which appertain to her with regard to the legitimate and acknowledged natural children she may have had by another, and with relation to the property of the same.

From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Hyacinthe Ringrose

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

From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Maud Howe Elliott

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




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