pertain : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pertain	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pertain v be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" Synonym(s): refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with be a part or attribute of Synonym(s): pertain, appertain
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pertain \Pertain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pertained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pertaining}.] [OE. partenen, OF. partenir, fr. L. pertinere to stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See {Per-}, and {Tenable}, and cf. {Appertain}, {Pertinent}.] 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain* to plant life. Men hate those who affect that honor by ambition which pertaineth not to them. --Hayward. 2. To have relation or reference to something. These words pertain unto us at this time as they pertained to them at their time. --Latimer.