v.
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(pertain to)
be appropriate, related, or applicable to.
▸chiefly Law belong to something as a part, appendage, or accessory.
- formal be in effect or existence in a specified place or at a specified time:
none of these circumstances pertained during the Jurassic.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. partenir, from L. pertinere ‘extend to, have reference to’.