PERTAIN


Meaning of PERTAIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pər-ˈtān ]

intransitive verb

Etymology: Middle English perteinen, from Anglo-French partenir, purteiner, from Latin pertinēre to reach to, belong, from per- through + tenēre to hold — more at thin

Date: 14th century

1.

a.

(1) : to belong as a part, member, accessory, or product

(2) : to belong as an attribute, feature, or function

the destruction and havoc pertain ing to war

(3) : to belong as a duty or right

responsibilities that pertain to fatherhood

b. : to be appropriate to something

the criteria…will be different from those that pertain elsewhere — J. B. Conant

2. : to have reference

books pertain ing to birds

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