appertain
verb
ap·per·tain
ˌa-pər-ˈtān 
appertained; appertaining; appertains
: to belong or be connected as a rightful part or attribute : pertain
Examples of appertain in a Sentence
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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Ah, but a, b, and c above do not appertain to cancer.
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appertain
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ap·per·tain
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