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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.
Belonging; now written appurtenant.

APPER'TINENT

,
Noun.
That which belongs to something else. Obs. [See Appurtenance.]

Definition 2024


appertinent

appertinent

English

Noun

appertinent (plural appertinents)

  1. (obsolete) That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.
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Adjective

appertinent (not comparable)

  1. 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.

Latin

Verb

appertinent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of appertineō