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appertain to

VERB
bear on
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
be immaterial be irrelevant be of no consequence




Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The person produced as mine in the playhouse, last winter, did in no wise appertain to me.

From The Tatler, Volume 3 by Various

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

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

There was considered something of style to appertain to it above the other Universities; and we looked down upon a Heidelberger or a Halle man as only something above a 'Philister.'

From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James




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