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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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Men hate those who affect that honor by ambition
which pertaineth not to them. --Hayward.
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2. To have relation or reference to something.
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These words pertain unto us at this time as they
pertained to them at their time. --Latimer.
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Moby Dictionary
a propos , ad rem , admissible , affinitive , appertaining , applicable ,
applying , apposite , appropriate , apropos , associative , belonging ,
comparable , comparative , congenial , connective , correlative ,
en rapport , germane , in point , involving , linking , material ,
pertinent , proportionable , proportional , proportionate , referable ,
referring , relating , relational , relative , relevant , sympathetic ,
to the point , to the purpose