appurtenant

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: ap=pur=te=nant

CIDE DICTIONARY

appurtenant, a. [F. appartenant, p. pr. of appartenir. See Appurtenance.].

 Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings.  Blackstone.  [1913 Webster]

Common appurtenant. (Law) See under Common, n.

appurtenant, n. 

 Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance.  [1913 Webster]
"Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

appurtenant, adj. (often foll. by to) belonging or appertaining; pertinent.

Etymology

ME f. OF apartenant pres. part. (as APPERTAIN)