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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: partenir, from Latin pertinere

pertain

 verb
     
per‧tain

pertain to something

phrasal verb
formal to relate directly to something:
legislation pertaining to employment rights
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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