PERTAIN
\pətˈe͡ɪn], \pətˈeɪn], \p_ə_t_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of PERTAIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
By Princeton University
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To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant life.
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To have relation or reference to something.
By Oddity Software
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To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant life.
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To have relation or reference to something.
By Noah Webster.
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To belong as a quality, duty, etc.: to have relation to something; as, the telegram pertains to business.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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