Appertinent

Appertinent
Appertinent Ap*per"ti*nent, n. That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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  • Appertinent — Ap*per ti*nent, a. Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written {appurtenant}.] Coleridge. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • appertinent — adjective Etymology: Middle English apertinent more at appurtenant archaic : appurtenant 2 * * * apperˈtinent adjective Appertaining noun (Shakespeare) Appurtenance • • • …   Useful english dictionary

  • appurtenant — Appertinent Ap*per ti*nent, a. Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written {appurtenant}.] Coleridge. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • appurtenant — /euh perr tn euhnt/, adj. 1. appertaining or belonging; pertaining. n. 2. an appurtenance. [1350 1400; ME (see APPURTENANCE, ANT); r. ME apertinent < LL appertinent (s. of appertinens, prp. of appertinere). See AP 1, PERTINENT] * * * …   Universalium

  • juvenal, my tender —    Used by Don Adriano de Armado, the ‘fantastical Spaniard’ in Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, to his page, Moth. Armado at first calls Moth ‘boy’, then ‘dear imp’, then ‘my tender juvenal’, where the last word is a form of ‘juvenile’. Moth… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

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