appertain
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The Alaskan forest reserves still appertain to the Department of Agriculture.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first of these thus issued appertain entirely to the system of the Empire of Charlemagne.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur
Win the consent of your sweetheart, after your own way; but don’t try to take advantage of a power, that does not appertain to you.
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
The artists belonging to the ceded portion will be considered by me in this school, to which they appertain, being educated in it, and instructing other pupils in it, in their turn.
From The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Lanzi, Luigi Antonio
To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
Vocabulary lists containing appertain
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