appertain
verb
ap·per·tain
ˌa-pər-ˈtān 
appertained; appertaining; appertains
: to belong or be connected as a rightful part or attribute : pertain
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the rights and privileges that appertain to marriage
the doctrine that the swath of land between the Atlantic and the Pacific naturally appertained to the United States
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appertain
verb
ap·per·tain
ˌap-ər-ˈtān
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