单词 | appertain |
释义 | appertainv. 1. intransitive. To belong as parts to the whole, or as members to a family or class, and hence, to the head of the family; to be related, akin to. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)] belong1340 pertaina1382 pretend1481 appertaina1500 link?1544 touch?1611 relate1646 rapport1649 connect1709 to tie in1938 to tie up1959 a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 373 These other tweyne..aperteyne to the kynge loot..and be Erles sones. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xlvii. 719 Of plummes..some apparteyne to the garden, and some are of a wilde kinde. 1611 Bible (King James) Num. xvi. 32 All the men that appertained vnto Korah. View more context for this quotation 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 454 Disunited particles, which appear to have originally appertained to stones or rocks. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. Introd. §4 9 To this science appertain the great and much debated questions. 2. To belong as a possession to. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > belong [verb (intransitive)] limp858 longlOE belielOE fallc1175 rine?c1225 belongc1330 pertaina1382 bec1384 appertain1416 cohere1634 1416 Langley in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 18 I. 51 Withinne youre Churche..ther shulde be certein thyng that to yowe apperteneth. 1564 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 219 Dubbletts and all other rayments apperteynyng vnto me. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 22) ii. i. iii. 378 The Abby of Deer..appertain'd to the Cistertian Monks. 1790 A. J. Dallas Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 1 71 Whether all the property found in the city..should appertain to the United States. 1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. Appurtenances..things both corporeal and incorporeal appertaining to another thing. 3. To belong as a right or privilege to. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > be due to or belong to as right befallc1175 concern1451 behove1470 appertain1483 1483 W. Caxton in tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 155/4 This place apperteyneth to no man but to preestes. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres ii. 16 The punishment..appertaineth to the Campe-maister. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xliv. 350 Shall not all Judicature appertain to Christ? 1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 34 The right of raising troops..appertaining exclusively to the nation itself. 1883 Law Times 20 Oct. 410/1 Until the present reign probate jurisdiction appertained solely to the Ecclesiastical Courts. 4. To belong naturally or by inherent fitness; to be suited, proper, appropriate to. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [verb (intransitive)] belimpOE beholda1067 belielOE pertaina1325 pendc1330 appendc1386 appertainc1386 holdc1430 pretenda1470 recorda1500 depend1525 extenda1533 inherea1628 to make to ——1645 apply1741 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋976 To fastyng appurteynen [v.r. -ertenen, -arteyneth, -artenen, partenyth] foure thinges. c1470 Hors, Shepe, & G. (1822) 5 Hardynesse..apperteyneth to euery manly knyght. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 18 How he fure adpertenis nocht to me To tell. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. i. 210 Do all rites, That appertaine vnto a buriall. View more context for this quotation 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 13 That appellation seems more properly to appertain to the phlogiston. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. x. 110 The degree of importance which is to appertain to this request. View more context for this quotation 5. To belong as an attribute, function, or affecting circumstance; to pertain, relate. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere [verb (intransitive)] > belong to or be an attribute of pertainc1384 appertainc1400 belong1533 c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) Prol. 1 A certein nombre of conclusions apertenyng to the same instrument. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 281 I should know no Secrets That appertaine to you. View more context for this quotation 1850 C. G. B. Daubeny Introd. Atomic Theory (ed. 2) vi. 168 The crystalline form of a body is not always determined by any unalterable property appertaining to its component atoms. a. impersonal (chiefly in senses 3, 4.) Obsolete. ΚΠ c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋15 It apperteyneth [v.r. aperteneth, -tyneth, -teigneþ, perteyneth] not to a wys man, to make such sorwe. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 10 It apparteigneth to euery man..to seke science. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ff3v Further then appertaineth to the degree of a Creature. View more context for this quotation 1623 W. Lisle Test. Antiq. Pref. Unto whom it did first appertaine to exact of Priests..this profession. ΚΠ 1524 T. Wolsey in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 89 To see theym conduyted in saufetye..as shall appertain. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Esdras i. 12 They rosted the Passeouer with fire, as appertaineth . View more context for this quotation ΚΠ a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 4838 It appertenethe a kyng for to be A kyng in verray sothe. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. clxiv. f. clxxiii/2 It aperteynyth thy dygnytee, for to doo that this poore synfull woman askith. 1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 38 Haue attributed that to their nation, which properly appertaineth not to them. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. O. de la Noue Profit of Imprisonm. in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. 621 The soule..longing to behold the place that appertaines her, Doth loath the body. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1386 |
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