Crossword-Solution: PERTAIN
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pertain | v. i. | 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. |
| Pertain | v. i. | To have relation or reference to something. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PERTAIN | anagram | PAINTER, PINETAR, REPAINT |
We have 26 clues for the answer “PERTAIN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| fall under | 1 answer |
| be a part or attribute of | 1 answer |
| With change of principal, sure to relate (7) | 1 answer |
| Belong or have relation to. | 1 answer |
| Belong as a part | 1 answer |
| Be related | 1 answer |
| Be relevant to something | 1 answer |
| Have reference (to) | 2 answers |
| Have reference | 2 answers |
| BE pertinent to | 2 answers |
| Have relevance | 4 answers |
| relate to | 5 answers |
| BE appropriate | 6 answers |
| bear on | 7 answers |
| APPERTAIN | 8 answers |
| BE RELEVANT TO | 11 answers |
| BE relevant | 12 answers |
| Belong | 15 answers |
| Refer | 20 answers |
| Hint at | 23 answers |
| APPLY (TO) | 24 answers |
| Relate | 43 answers |
| Apply | 70 answers |
| Concern | 72 answers |
| Bear | 75 answers |
| Matter | 81 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REATE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PERTAIN (5)
The emphasis that I have placed upon an industrial education does not mean that the negro is to be excluded from the higher interests of life, but it does mean that in proportion as the negro gets the foundation,--the useful before the ornamental,--in the same proportion will he accelerate his progress in acquiring those elements which do not pertain so directly to the utilitarian.
Absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man in a state of nature as contradistinguished from relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him in his social relations.
Herr Gott! My words are as mixed as my poor brain.” “If you will listen to me, Herr Kramer,” said Barney, “and believe what I tell you, I shall be able to unscramble your ideas in so far as they pertain to me and my identity.
But what is the Basque, and to what family does it properly pertain? To two great Asiatic languages, all the dialects spoken at present in Europe may be traced.
Aveling states that in 1820 the Council of Cologne sanctioned the placing of a gag in the mouth of a dead pregnant woman, thereby hoping to prevent suffocation of the infant, and there are numerous such laws on record, although most of them pertain to the performance of Cesarean section immediately after death.
Quotes with PERTAIN (3)
You may not understand issues that do not pertain to the heart, but be a master in areas that do. Nobody knows everything, and nobody can be a master of everything. Nobody was created perfect, and nobody should be measured according to perfection. It is the weight of your heart that matters the most in the end. All else is irrelevant.
In an era of globalization, people recognize that they are part of a global society, but they have no idea how to make such a society work. So far, no unified vision or leadership has emerged to guide us in this endeavor. We have not yet found a way to expand the spiritual ideals of democracy so that they pertain to every human being, every animal, and every plant. Until we do, human civilization and the Earth's ecosystem will continue to be in peril.
Questions that pertain to the foundations of mathematics, although treated by many in recent times, still lack a satisfactory solution. Ambiguity of language is philosophy's main source of problems. That is why it is of the utmost importance to examine attentively the very words we use.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, NYT, S&S, USA TODAY, WP.
Used 15 times in crossword archives (1952–2013).