appertain to
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The Alaskan forest reserves still appertain to the Department of Agriculture.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bellows must always be near at hand, the tongs not out of reach; both of them more sensible implements than those that usually appertain to coals.
From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest
To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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
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 Ringrose, Hyacinthe
