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verb (used without object)
to belong as a part, right, possession, attribute, etc.; pertain or relate (usually followed by to): privileges that appertain to members of the royal family.
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Appertaining
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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appertain
late 14c., from O.Fr. apartenir (12c.), from L.L. adpertinere "to pertain to," from ad- "to, completely" + pertinere "to belong to" (see pertain). To belong as parts to the whole, or as members to a family or class. Related: Appertaining.
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