Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Appertain \Ap`per*tain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Appertained}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Appertaining}.] [OE. apperteinen, apertenen,
   OF. apartenir, F. appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad +
   pertinere to reach to, belong. See {Pertain}.]
   To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment,
   or custom; to relate.

         Things appertaining to this life.        --Hooker.

         Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. --Lev. vi. 5.