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Pertain
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English
Intransitive verb
to pertain (pertaining, pertained, pertained)
Usage note
- In all the above senses, pertain is formal and followed by to (at times followed by unto, as in The King James Version of The Bible and in the plays of Shakespeare, although to is used in these works as well)
Quotations
(relate):
- 1989: Sort out any booklets or manuals that pertain to the heating system or any other fixture that you are leaving behind. — One's company, Underwood, Lynn, Southampton: Ashford.
Antonyms
be irrelevant
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