appertinent

appertinent
adjective
Etymology: Middle English apertinent — more at appurtenant

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apperˈtinent adjective
Appertaining
noun (Shakespeare)
Appurtenance
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Main Entry:appertain

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appertinent, a.
(əˈpɜːtɪnənt)
[a refashioning of appurtenant after L. appertinēnt-em.]
Another form of appurtenant, used especially in the non-legal sense: Appertaining, properly belonging or relating.
– [See appurtenant 2.]

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  • Appertinent — Ap*per ti*nent, a. Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written {appurtenant}.] Coleridge. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Appertinent — Ap*per ti*nent, n. That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • appurtenant — Appertinent Ap*per ti*nent, a. Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written {appurtenant}.] Coleridge. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • appurtenant — /euh perr tn euhnt/, adj. 1. appertaining or belonging; pertaining. n. 2. an appurtenance. [1350 1400; ME (see APPURTENANCE, ANT); r. ME apertinent < LL appertinent (s. of appertinens, prp. of appertinere). See AP 1, PERTINENT] * * * …   Universalium

  • juvenal, my tender —    Used by Don Adriano de Armado, the ‘fantastical Spaniard’ in Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, to his page, Moth. Armado at first calls Moth ‘boy’, then ‘dear imp’, then ‘my tender juvenal’, where the last word is a form of ‘juvenile’. Moth… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

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