Do these rights appertain to a third cousin of the deceased?
•The statement doesn't make sense. It appertains to no one as it is stated.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
appertain to something — apperˈtain to sb/sth derived (formal) to belong or refer to sb/sth • rights appertaining to the property • These figures appertain to last year s sales. Main entry: ↑appertain … Useful english dictionary
appertain to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms appertain to : present tense I/you/we/they appertain to he/she/it appertains to present participle appertaining to past tense appertained to past participle appertained to very formal appertain to something to … English dictionary
appertain — ap|per|tain [ ,æpər teın ] verb apper tain to phrasal verb transitive VERY FORMAL appertain to something to belong to or be about something: regulations appertaining to the army … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
appertain to — PERTAIN TO, be pertinent to, apply to, relate to, concern, be concerned with, have to do with, be relevant to, have reference to, have a bearing on, bear on; archaic regard. → appertain * * * apper ˈtain to [transitive] [present tense… … Useful english dictionary
appertain — ap|per|tain [ˌæpəˈteın US ər ] v appertain to [appertain to sth] phr v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: apartenir, from Late Latin appertinere, from Latin ad to + pertinere ( PERTAIN)] to belong to or concern something ▪ A monthly forum… … Dictionary of contemporary English
appertain — verb formal appertain to sth phrasal verb (transitive not in passive) to belong to or concern something … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bear — vb 1 *carry, convey, transport, transmit Analogous words: *move, remove, shift, transfer: hold, *contain 2 Bear, produce, yield, turn out are comparable when they mean to bring forth as products. Bear usually implies a giving birth to offspring… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Pertain — Per*tain , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pertained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pertaining}.] [OE. partenen, OF. partenir, fr. L. pertinere to stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See {Per }, and {Tenable}, and cf. {Appertain}, {Pertinent}.] 1.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pertained — Pertain Per*tain , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pertained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pertaining}.] [OE. partenen, OF. partenir, fr. L. pertinere to stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See {Per }, and {Tenable}, and cf. {Appertain},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pertaining — Pertain Per*tain , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pertained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pertaining}.] [OE. partenen, OF. partenir, fr. L. pertinere to stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See {Per }, and {Tenable}, and cf. {Appertain},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
concern — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. regard, affect, relate, refer to, pertain to, have to do with, bear upon, belong to, treat of; interest; disturb, trouble. n. matter, affair; care, anxiety, worry, solicitude, regard; significance … English dictionary for students
