appurtenant

[ uh-pur-tn-uhnt ]

adjective

1. appertaining or belonging; pertaining.

noun

1. an appurtenance.

appurtenant

/ əˈpɜːtɪnənt /

adjective

1. relating, belonging, or accessory

noun

1. See appurtenance
   another word for appurtenance

Word History and Origins

Origin of appurtenant¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English appurtenaunt, ap(p)pertenant, ap(p)ertenent, from Anglo-French, Old French appartenant, appertenant, from Late Latin appertinent- (stem of appertinēns, present participle of appertinēre “to belong to, appertain to”); appurtenance

Example Sentences

Only pieces of land together with the appurtenant territorial waters are alienable parts of territory.

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Waste land (it may be) is given in large quantities, but merely as appurtenant to the profitable core of the gift.

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Common appendant, common appurtenant, common in gross, and common par cause de vicinage.

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Has any of your readers met with, or heard of the second short line, appendant and appurtenant to the first?

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Have the Dalbergs no ghost such as is appurtenant to all well-regulated royal families?

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Related Words

• admissible
• applicable
• compatible
• consistent
• germane
• important
• pertinent
• proper
• related
• significant
• suitable
• suited