Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pertain"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pertain \Per*tain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pertained}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Pertaining}.] [OE. partenen, OF. partenir, fr. L.
pertinere to stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to
hold, keep. See {Per-}, and {Tenable}, and cf. {Appertain},
{Pertinent}.]
1. 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.
Men hate those who affect that honor by ambition
which pertaineth not to them. --Hayward.
2. To have relation or reference to something.
These words pertain unto us at this time as they
pertained to them at their time. --Latimer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pertain
v 1: be about; have to do with; be relevant to; refer, pertain,
or relate to; "What's this novel all about?"; "There
were lots of questions referring to her talk" [syn: {refer},
{relate}, {concern}, {come to}, {bear on}, {touch}, {touch
on}]
2: be a part or attribute of [syn: {appertain}]
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