pertain

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 2, 2021 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>pertain</strong> &#149; \per-TAYN\&nbsp; &#149; <em>verb</em><br /> <p><strong>1 a (1) :</strong> to belong as a part, member, accessory, or product </p> <p><strong>(2) :</strong> to belong as an attribute, feature, or function</p> <p><strong>(3) :</strong> to belong as a duty or right</p> <p><strong>b :</strong> to be appropriate to something </p> <p><strong>2 :</strong> to have reference</p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"The author's careful attention to history—especially as it <em>pertains</em> to the struggle creative women like Curie and Fuller faced for acceptance as creative equals to men—helps round out the text with feminist insights." — <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/liz-heinecke/radiant-dancer/"><em>Kirkus Reviews</em>, 15 Dec. 2020</a></p> <p>"Capitalism <em>pertains</em> to an economy that runs by voluntary contracts between citizens rather than government command and control, and that principle can bring some of the same advantages that Kant adduced for democratic republics." — <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8-vYCwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA287&amp;lpg=PA287&amp;dq=%22runs+by+voluntary+contracts+between+citizens+rather+than+government+command+and+control%22&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=O7a7t7a9xz&amp;sig=ACfU3U3lpu3MwmNP576DiO6TtFqNn8f_lw&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjyxICYpN_tAhWtElkFHRCPArsQ6AEwAnoECAEQAg#v=onepage&amp;q=%22runs%20by%20voluntary%20contracts%20between%20citizens%20rather%20than%20government%20command%20and%20control%22&amp;f=false">Steven Pinker, <em>The Better Angels of Our Nature</em>, 2011</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Pertain</em> comes to English via Anglo-French from the Latin verb <em>pertinēre</em>, meaning "to reach to" or "to belong." <em>Pertinēre</em>, in turn, was formed by