appertain
/ˌapəˈteɪn
/verb [no object]
1 (appertain to) Relate to; concern: the answers generally appertain to improvements in standard of service...
- ‘‘Prerogative’ power is, properly speaking, legal power which appertains to the Crown but not to its subjects.
- Hence existence appertains to the nature of substance, and every substance contains within itself the complete explanation of its own nature and existence.
- Thus the Act provides, as it seems to me, firstly that every hereditament has to have its own rateable value and secondly that every rateable value appertains to a particular hereditament.
Synonyms
pertain to, relate to, concern, be concerned with, have to do with;
be relevant to, have relevance to, apply to, be pertinent to, have reference to, have a bearing on, bear on, be connected with, be about, affect, involve, cover, deal with, touch;
be part of, belong to
archaic regard
2Be appropriate or applicable: the institutional arrangements which appertain under the system
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French apertenir, from late Latin appertinere, from ad- 'to' + Latin pertinere 'to pertain'.