What does appertinent mean?
Appertinent means (obsolete) That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant..
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(obsolete) That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant..
To furnish him with all appertinents / Belonging to his honour;
September 30, 1819, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, letter to T. Alsopp 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.
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Appertinent means (obsolete) That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant..
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To furnish him with all appertinents / Belonging to his honour;
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