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appurtenant

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

ap=pur=te=nant

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective appurtenant has 1 sense

appurtenant(s = adj.all) accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, auxiliary - furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"

Derived forms verb appertain₁, noun appurtenance₂

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CIDE DICTIONARY

appurtenant, a. [F. appartenant, p. pr. of appartenir. See Appurtenance.].

Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings. Blackstone. [1913 Webster]

Common appurtenant. (Law) See under Common, n.

appurtenant, n.

Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance. [1913 Webster]

"Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

appurtenant, adj. (often foll. by to) belonging or appertaining; pertinent.

Etymology

ME f. OF apartenant pres. part. (as APPERTAIN)

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