appertain

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: ap=per=tain

CIDE DICTIONARY

appertain, v. i. [OE. apperteinen, apertenen, OF. apartenir, F. appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach to, belong. See Pertain.].

 To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate.  [1913 Webster]
"Things appertaining to this life."  [1913 Webster]
"Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

appertain, v.intr. (foll. by to)
1 relate.
2 belong as a possession or right.
3 be appropriate.

Etymology

ME f. OF apertenir f. LL appertinere f. pertinere PERTAIN