pertaining

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /pɚˈteɪnɪŋ/
• (RP) IPA: /pəˈteɪnɪŋ/

Verb

1. present participle of pertain#English|pertain

Noun

pertaining (plural pertainings)

1. Something that pertains; an appurtenance.
   • 1869, Horace Bushnell, Women's suffrage: the reform against nature (page 90)

     When, I say, these things are duly considered as pertainings of a woman's lot, we might almost justify them in a riot against natural sexhood itself, if there were any thing to be gained by it.

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