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Verb: pertain  pur'teyn
  1. Be relevant to
    "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
    - refer, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have to do with
     
  2. Be a part or attribute of
    - appertain

Derived forms: pertains, pertaining, pertained

See also: pertinency, pertinent

Type of: belong, belong to

Encyclopedia: Pertain

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