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Webster 1913 Edition
Belong
Be-long′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Belonged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Belonging
.] [OE. ]
belongen
(akin to D. belangen
to concern, G. belangen
to attain to, to concern); pref. be-
+ longen
to desire. See Long
, Verb.
I.
[Usually construed with to.]
1.
To be the property of;
as, Jamaica
. belongs
to Great Britain2.
To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service.
A desert place
belonging
to . . . Bethsaids. Luke ix. 10.
The mighty men which
belonged
to David. 1 Kings i. 8.
3.
To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to.
“Do not interpretations belong to God ?” Gen. xl. 8.
4.
To be suitable for; to be due to.
Strong meat
belongeth
to them that are of full age. Heb. v. 14.
No blame
belongs
to thee. Shakespeare
5.
To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. 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.
Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which the mothers
belong
. Blackstone.
Be-long′
,Verb.
T.
To be deserved by.
[Obs.]
More evils
belong
us than happen to us. B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Belong
BELONG'
, v.i.1.
To be the property of; as, a field belongs to Richard Roe; Jamaica belongs to G.Britain.2.
To be the concern or proper business of; to appertain; as, it belongs to John Doe to prove his title.3.
To be appendant to. He went into a desert place belonging to Bethsaida. Luke 9.
4.
To be a part of, or connected with, though detached in place; as, a beam or rafter belongs to such a frame, or to such a place in the building.5.
To have relation to. And David said, to whom belongest thou? 1.Sam.30.
6.
To be the quality or attribute of. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness. Dan.9.
7.
To be suitable for. Strong meat belongeth to them of full age. Heb.5.
8.
To relate to, or be referred to. He careth for things that belong to the Lord. l Cor.7.
9.
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. Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which the mothers belong. Hence,
10. To be the native of; to have original residence.
There is no other country in the world to which the Gipeys could belong.
11. In common language, to have a settled residence; to be domiciliated.