pertain

pertain is a   Verb

Definition:

[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.

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