Appurtenance definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary APPUR'TENANCE, n. so written ... for a particular operation or sport etc. [syn: gear, paraphernalia, appurtenance] 2: a supplementary component that improves capability [syn: accessory, appurtenance, supplement, add-on] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 14th century ... possession with it 2. a subordinate part or adjunct < the appurtenance of welcome is fashion and ceremony — Shakespeare > 3. plural accessory ... apurtenaunce, OF apertenance (as APPERTAIN, -ANCE) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Appurtenance Ap*pur"te*nance, n. [OF. apurtenaunce, apartenance, F. appartenance ... a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land. --Tomlins. --Bouvier. --Burrill. Globes . . . provided as appurtenances ...
... Dictionary PUR'TENANCE, n. [from the L.pertinens, pertineo. See Appurtenance.] Appurtenance; but applied to the pluck of an animal, Exodus 12. Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English portenaunce, literally, appurtenance, from Anglo-French partenance, from partenir to belong — more at ... s 1913 Dictionary Purtenance Pur"te*nance, n. [Abbrev. fr. appurtenance.] That which pertains or belongs to something; esp., the heard ...
... 1647 1. an adjunct to something larger or more important ; appurtenance 2. a usually projecting part of an animal or plant ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Attachment, addition, adjunct, appurtenance, appliance, appendix, appendant, tailpiece, concomitant, accompaniment, attendant. Moby Thesaurus accession ... adjunct, adjuvant, annex, annexation, appanage, appanages, appendages, appendant, appendix, appointments, appurtenance, appurtenances, appurtenant, arm, attachment, attendant, augment, augmentation, auxiliary, belongings, bough ...
... connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance. 3. Family; relations; household. [Colloq.] Few persons of her ladyship ... 2. Property, goods and chattels, estate, pos session. 3. Appendage, appurtenance, appliance, accessory (which see).
... to imprudence. 2. To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong; as, to ascribe perfection ... poem. --Addison. 2. To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong. Syn: To Ascribe, Attribute ...
... te*nant, a. [F. appartenant, p. pr. of appartenir. See Appurtenance.] Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident ... n. Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance. Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption. --Coleridge. Soule's Dictionary ...