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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Lady Verner wore some of the magnificent and yet quiet attire that had pertained to her gayer days; Decima was in white.
From Verner's Pride by Mrs. Henry Wood
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
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
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
The new library, however, never acquired the fame and distinction that had pertained to the old.
From Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott
