- (v.i.) To be suitable for; to be due to.
- (v.i.) To be native to or an inhabitant of; especially to have a legal residence, settlement or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town.
- (v.i.) To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.
- (v.t.) To be deserved by.
- (v.i.) To be a part of or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service.
- (v.i.) To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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