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Meaning of APPURTENANT

Pronunciation:  u'purtnunt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other"
 
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 Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, auxiliary, subsidiary, supportive
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Ap*pur"te*nant\, 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.
    {Common appurtenant}. (Law) See under {Common, n.}
    
  2. \Ap*pur"te*nant\, n.
    Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an
    appurtenance.
          Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption.
                                                   --Coleridge.
    
 
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