appertain \ap-er-TEYN\, verb:
To belong as a part, right, possession or attribute.
Natural rights are those which appertain to man in right of his existence. Of this kind are all the intellectual rights, or rights of the mind, and also all those rights of acting as an individual for his own comfort and happiness…
-- Thomas Paine, Common Sense and Other Writings
In all matters of discovery and invention, even of those that appertain to the imagination, we are continually reminded of the story of Columbus and his egg.
-- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
…and since Phillotson's success in obtaining at least her promise had become known to Jude, he had frankly recognized that he did not wish to see or hear of his senior any more, learn anything of his pursuits, or even imagine again what excellencies might appertain to his character.
-- Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
Appertain stems from the Old French word apertenir which meant "to belong." The prefix ap- is a variation of the prefix ad- which means "toward."
附屬\ AP-ER-TEYN\，動詞：
屬於作為的一部分，權利，擁有或屬性。
自然權利是那些附屬男子在他的存在的權利。這種所有的知識產權，或心靈的權利，所有這些作為個人對自己的安慰和幸福的權利......
- 托馬斯·潘恩，常識和其他著作
在發現和發明，甚至那些想像力，附屬，一切事宜，我們正在不斷提醒哥倫布的故事和他的蛋。
- 瑪麗·雪萊，科學怪人
Phillotson的成功獲得至少她的承諾已成為裘德以來，他曾坦白承認，他並沒有想到看到或聽到的他的高級了，學習任何治學，或即使想像再次什麼閣下可能附屬以他的性格。
- 哈代“無名的裘德”
附屬源於“屬於”，這意味著從舊的法語單詞apertenir前綴AP-是一個前綴廣告，這意味著“走向的變化。”
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