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English Dictionary: belong	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for belong
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
belong v be owned by; be in the possession of; "This book belongs to me" be suitable or acceptable; "This student somehow doesn't belong" be in the right place or situation; "Where do these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?" Synonym(s): belong, go be rightly classified in a class or category; "The whales belong among the mammals" be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place); "They belong to the same political party" be a part or adjunct; "the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection"; "These pages don't belong" Synonym(s): belong to, belong
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Belong \Belong"\, v. t. To be deserved by. [Obs.] More evils belong* us than happen to us. --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Belong \Belong"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Belonged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Belonging}.] [OE. belongen (akin to D. belangen to concern, G. belangen to attain to, to concern); pref. be- + longen to desire. See {Long}, v. i.] Note: [Usually construed with to.] 1. To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain. 2. To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service. A desert place belonging to . . . Bethsaids. --Luke ix. 10. The mighty men which belonged to David. --1 Kings i. 8. 3. To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to. [bd]Do not interpretations belong* to God ?[b8] --Gen. xl. 8. 4. To be suitable for; to be due to. Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age. --Heb. v. 14. No blame belongs to thee. --Shak. 5. To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town. Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which the mothers belong. --Blackstone.