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appertaining

appertaining is the present participle and gerund of appertain.

Meaning of appertain

Verb

appertain (third-person singular simple present appertains, present participle appertaining, simple past and past participle appertained)

  1. To belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to.
    • Another issue that appertains to the policy under discussion.
  2. To belong as a part, right, possession, attribute, etc.
    • Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.1551, James A.H. Murray, editor, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society., volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press...

Words formed from appertaining

Questions about appertaining

What is appertaining the present participle and gerund of?
Appertaining is the present participle and gerund of appertain.

Words near appertaining in the dictionary

  1. appertainance
  2. appertainances
  3. appertained
  4. appertainest
  5. appertaineth
  6. appertaining
  7. appertainment
  8. appertainments
  9. appertains
  10. appertinance
  11. appertinances

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