appertinent
English
Noun
appertinent (plural appertinents)
- (obsolete) That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, act 2, scene 2, lines 87–88:
- To furnish him with all appertinents / Belonging to his honour;
Adjective
appertinent (not comparable)
- Belonging; appertaining; appurtenant.
- 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.
- September 30, 1819, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, letter to T. Alsopp
Latin
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