Hypertext Webster Gateway: "appurtenant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Appertinent \Ap*per"ti*nent\, a.
Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written {appurtenant}.]
--Coleridge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Appurtenant \Ap*pur"te*nant\, 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.
{Common appurtenant}. (Law) See under {Common, n.}
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Appurtenant \Ap*pur"te*nant\, n.
Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an
appurtenance.
Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption.
--Coleridge.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
appurtenant
adj : relating to something that is added but is not essential;
"an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms
of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to
each other" [syn: {accessory}, {adjunct}, {ancillary},
{adjuvant}, {auxiliary}, {subsidiary}]
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