Appertinent
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Appertinent is a noun meaning Belonging; appertaining; appurtenant.
Meaning
Belonging; appertaining; appurtenant.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- appertinents
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pertaining, pertainym, pertainment, extrinsical, pant, concerning.
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