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Definition of appertain verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

appertain

verb
 
/ˌæpəˈteɪn/
 
/ˌæpərˈteɪn/
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French apertenir, from late Latin appertinere, from ad- ‘to’ + Latin pertinere ‘to pertain’.
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they appertain
 
/ˌæpəˈteɪn/
 
/ˌæpərˈteɪn/
he / she / it appertains
 
/ˌæpəˈteɪnz/
 
/ˌæpərˈteɪnz/
past simple appertained
 
/ˌæpəˈteɪnd/
 
/ˌæpərˈteɪnd/
past participle appertained
 
/ˌæpəˈteɪnd/
 
/ˌæpərˈteɪnd/
-ing form appertaining
 
/ˌæpəˈteɪnɪŋ/
 
/ˌæpərˈteɪnɪŋ/
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