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/ˌæpɚˈteɪn/ · verb
To belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to..
McInnis reached down and gently raised the old man's head to face him. "Edwin Falkirk, I hereby relieve you of the Directorship of Site-43 under my authority as Administrator of the SCP Foundation. Your security clearance credentials will be revoked in full, and all privileges appertaining to your position are rescinded."
Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.
In this great stretch of country there is no sign of life, nor of anything appertaining to life. There is no bird in the steel-blue heaven, no movement upon the dull, grey earth—above all, there is absolute silence. Listen as one may, there is no shadow of a sound in all that mighty wilderness; nothing but silence—complete and heart-subduing silence.
Use appertain when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Appertain means To belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to..
Common synonyms include pertain.
Possible antonyms include be irrelevant.
McInnis reached down and gently raised the old man's head to face him. "Edwin Falkirk, I hereby relieve you of the Directorship of Site-43 under my authority as Administrator of the SCP Foundation. Your security clearance credentials will be revoked in full, and all privileges appertaining to your position are rescinded."
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