Inflected forms: ap·per·tained, ap·per·tain·ing, ap·per·tains To belong as a proper function or part; pertain: problems appertaining to social reform.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English appertenen, from Old French apartenir, from Vulgar Latin *appartenre, from Late Latin appertinre : ad-, ad- + pertinre, to belong; see pertain.
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