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appertaining

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.

verb

(intr usually foll by to) to belong (to) as a part, function, right, etc; relate (to) or be connected (with)

late 14c., from Anglo-French apartenir, Old French apartenir (12c.) “be related to; be incumbent upon,” from Late Latin appertinere “to pertain to,” from ad- “to, completely” (see ad-) + pertinere “to belong to” (see pertain). To belong as parts to the whole, or as members to a family or class. Related: Appertained; appertaining.