'Pertaining' definitions:
Definition of 'Pertaining'
From: GCIDE
- Pertain \Per*tain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pertained; p. pr. & vb. n. Pertaining.] [OE. partenen, OF. partenir, fr. L. pertinere to stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, and Tenable, and cf. Appertain, Pertinent.]
- 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant life. [1913 Webster]
- Men hate those who affect that honor by ambition which pertaineth not to them. --Hayward. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To have relation or reference to something. [1913 Webster]
- These words pertain unto us at this time as they pertained to them at their time. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pertaining'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a propos,
- ad rem,
- admissible,
- affinitive,
- appertaining,
- applicable,
- applying,
- apposite,
- appropriate,
- apropos,
- associative,
- belonging,
- comparable,
- comparative,
- congenial,
- connective,
- correlative,
- en rapport,
- germane,
- in point,
- involving,
- linking,
- material,
- pertinent,
- proportionable,
- proportional,
- proportionate,
- referable,
- referring,
- relating,
- relational,
- relative,
- relevant,
- sympathetic,
- to the point,
- to the purpose