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pertain [per-teyn] ExamplesWord Origin verb (used without object)

to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
to belong or be connected as a part, adjunct, possession, or attribute.
to belong properly or fittingly; be appropriate.

Origin of pertain 1300–50; Middle English pertenen, partenen, perteinen Middle French partein-, tonic stem of partenir Latin pertinēre to be applicable, literally, to hold through, reach, equivalent to per- per- + -tinēre, combining form of tenēre to holdRelated formsun·per·tain·ing, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Related Words for pertained relate, refer, apply, vest, belong, join, associate, regard, connect, combine, appertain, touch, affect, befit, concern Examples from the Web for pertained Contemporary Examples of pertained

Eighty-two percent pertained to death, or a sudden illness or accident.

Knocking on Heaven’s Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of Death

Patricia Pearson

August 11, 2014

Historical Examples of pertained

But Mr. Gladstone would not agree to any of these plans as far as they pertained to himself.

The Grand Old Man

Richard B. Cook

Evidently the Street and all that pertained was a sore subject.

Mary Roberts Rinehart

In all that pertained to a sombre monotony, Kellett’s Court was a convent.

Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2)

Charles James Lever

These things have pertained to you since your birth: they are part of you, and you of them.

The Bramleighs Of Bishop’s Folly

Charles James Lever

As for the household, what little discipline had once pertained, was gone.

The Lion’s Brood

Duffield Osborne

British Dictionary definitions for pertained pertain verb (intr often foll by to)

to have reference, relation, or relevanceissues pertaining to women
to be appropriatethe product pertains to real user needs
to belong (to) or be a part (of); be an adjunct, attribute, or accessory (of)

Word Origin for pertain C14: from Latin pertinēre, from per- (intensive) + tenēre to hold Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for pertained pertain v.

early 14c., from Old French partenir “to belong to” and directly from Latin pertinere “to reach, stretch; relate, have reference to; belong, be the right of; be applicable,” from per- “through” (see per) + tenere “to hold” (see tenet). Related: Pertained; pertaining.