Per-tāin’, v. i.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. PERTAINED; p. pr. & vb. n. PERTAINING.] [Lat. pertinere, from the prefix per, through, and tenere, to hold, keep; It. pertenere, Pr. pertener, Sp. pertenecer, Pg. pertencer.]
Sense 1. To be the property, right, or duty of; to belong.
Men hate those who affect honor by ambition which pertaineth not to them. Hayward.
Sense 2. To have relation to; to relate.
These words pertain unto us at this time as they pertained to them at their time. Latimer.