appertain
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The Alaskan forest reserves still appertain to the Department of Agriculture.
From Time Magazine Archive
But to what portion of sovereignty does it appertain?
From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.
And nobody knew better than Chaucer the respective merits of the Months, and the peculiar qualities and characteristics which appertain to each.
From Mirror of the Months by Patmore, Peter George
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
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
Vocabulary lists containing appertain
Julius Caesar
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