pertain
verb (used without object)
to have reference or relation; relate.
had pertained
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past perfectof pertain.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And Rudolph Musgrave knew he had forgotten something of vast import, but what this knowledge had pertained to he no longer knew.
From The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations by James Branch Cabell
The new library, however, never acquired the fame and distinction that had pertained to the old.
From Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott
He alone of all that had pertained to Aymer and Violet, Agnes had retained.
From World's End A Story in Three Books by Richard Jefferies
In all his seventy years Jan had been beset by only one outburst of genius and that had pertained to whisking an extra blanket over himself when he was cold at night.
From Flood Tide by Sara Ware Bassett
She was dowered with all the charming characteristics of both parents, with a resilient vitality and activity which had pertained to neither of them.
From Chronicles of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
