Appertain \Ap`per*tain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Appertained; p. pr. & vb. n. Appertaining.]

[OE. apperteinen, apertenen, OF. apartenir, F. appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach to, belong. See Pertain.]

To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate.

Things appertaining to this life. --Hooker.

Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. --Lev. vi. 5.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)