Ăp'per-tāin', v. i.

[imp. & p. p. APPERTAINED; p. pr. & vb. n. APPERTAINING.] [Fr. appartenir, Pr. appartenere, It. appartenere, Lat. appartinere, from ad and pertinere, to reach to, to belong. See PERTAIN.] To belong or relate, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom. “Things appertaining to this life.” Hooker.

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