Pertain /(?)/

Per·tain

Pertain

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Pertained; p. pr. & vb. n. Pertaining

  1. 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.
    Men hate those who affect that honor by ambition which pertaineth not to them.
    — Hayward.
  2. To have relation or reference to something.
    These words pertain unto us at this time as they pertained to them at their time.