appertinent

English

Noun

appertinent (plural appertinents)

(obsolete) That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.
- c. 1599, Shakespeare, William, 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.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  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.

Latin

Verb

appertinent

third-person plural present active indicative of appertineō

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