pertain, partene, pertein, perteyne

i. [O. Fr. partenir =to pertain, from Latin per tineo: per thoroughly, and teneo to hold; Ital. pertenere; Sp. pertenecer; Port. pertencer.] 3079 1. To belong; to be the property, right, privilege, or appurtenance of; to appertain. (Followed by to or unto .) "Honors that pertain unto the crown of France." Shakesp.: Henry V., v. 4. 2. To be the duty of. 3. To have relation to; to relate to; to have bearing on or reference to; to refer. "It imports this general notion of pertaining to or being affected with."- Wilkins : Real Character, pt. iii., ch. i. *perte-liche, adv . [PERTLY.] *per-těr-ě-bra-tion, s. [Latin per =through, and terebratio =a boring; terebro to bore.] The act of boring through. perth-ite, subst. [Named after Perth, Canada, where found; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min.: A flesh-red variety of Orthoclase (q. v.), with an aventurine play of color caused by the inclusion of innumerable minute crystalline scales of Göthite (q. v.). It is interlaminated with grayish white Albite. per-tin-ā-cio us, a . [Lat. pertinax (gen it. per tinacis ) = very tenacious: per = thoroughly, and tenar tenacious (q. v.); Fr. & Ital. pertinace ; Sp. & Port. pertinaz .] 1. Adhering firmly and stubbornly to any opinion or design; persistent and resolute in the carrying out of anything begun; obstinate, persevering. "The government had far more acrimonious and more pertinacious enemies." - Macaulay : Hist . Eng . , ch. xiii. 2. Resolute, constant, steady, persevering. "Their pertinacious and incurable obstinacy."-Milton: Apol. for Smectymnuus. 3. Unceasing, constant, lasting. "Consumes the hours in pertinacious woe, Which sheds no tears." -Glover: The A then aid. per-tin-a-cio us-ly, adv . [Eng. pertinacious ; ly .] In a pertinacious manner; obstinately, persistently, stubbornly. "Disputes with men, pertinaciously obstinate in their principles, are, of all others, the most irksome." -Hume: Principles of Morals , § 1.