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Webster 1913 Edition
Appertinent
Ap-per′ti-nent
,Adj.
Belonging; appertaining.
[Now usually written
appurtenant
.] Coleridge.
Ap-per′ti-nent
,Noun.
That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Appertinent
APPER'TINENT
,Adj.
APPER'TINENT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
appertinent
appertinent
English
Noun
appertinent (plural appertinents)
- (obsolete) That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.
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Adjective
appertinent (not comparable)
- Belonging; appertaining; appurtenant.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Nay, those temptations which are foreknown and foreseen as most appertinent to our particular calling, are commonly least dangerous, or even cease to be temptations to a mind forearmed by principles and aspirations like yours.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge