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as in to belong
to be the property of a person or group of persons the doctrine that the swath of land between the Atlantic and the Pacific naturally appertained to the United States

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Recent Examples of appertain Ah, but a, b, and c above do not appertain to cancer. John Rosemond, charlotteobserver, 11 May 2017
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“Appertain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appertain. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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