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pertain to something

to have a connection with something. His organization wants to provide input to the county on issues pertaining to wildlife.

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True, I am not a swashbuckler; but perhaps there may also abide in me the spirit which should pertain to every man who is at once resigned and sure of himself. Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context His pallor was so peculiar, that it seemed to pertain to one who had been long entombed, and who was incapable of resuming the healthy glow and hue of life. The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context More results

References in classic literature

True, I am not a swashbuckler; but perhaps there may also abide in me the spirit which should pertain to every man who is at once resigned and sure of himself.

Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

His pallor was so peculiar, that it seemed to pertain to one who had been long entombed, and who was incapable of resuming the healthy glow and hue of life.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

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