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Belong   /bɪlˈɔŋ/   Listen
verb
Belong  v. t.  To be deserved by. (Obs.) "More evils belong us than happen to us."


Belong  v. i.  (past & past part. belonged; pres. part. belonging)  (Usually with to)
1.
To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.
2.
To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service. "A desert place belonging to... Bethsaids." "The mighty men which belonged to David."
3.
To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to. "Do not interpretations belong to God?"
4.
To be suitable for; to be due to. "Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age." "No blame belongs to thee."
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."





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"Belong" Quotes from Famous Books



... things belong to one, sir, who, like you, is among the missing. But, oh, thank God! he is missing at the front, ...
— Kincaid's Battery • George W. Cable
... was finished, I told Alec I had something to shew him, which did not belong to me, but which might or might not be of value to ...
— Jethou - or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles • E. R. Suffling
... not accompanied by a solicitor, and it is not the etiquette of the profession to which I belong to see a client unaccompanied ...
— Mr. Meeson's Will • H. Rider Haggard
... women, she shows a great nervousness and restlessness whenever I venture to express any opinion upon a class of subjects which can hardly be said to belong to any man or set of men as their strictly private property,—not even to the clergy, or the newspapers commonly called "religious." Now, although it would be a great luxury to me to obtain my ...
— The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)
... in the blended tongues of the women of the different nationalities who belong to the International Council, I salute and congratulate you.... I beg the proud honor of placing your name, Miss Anthony, among the list of Patrons of the Council as a birthday gift, where it shall one day be ...
— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV • Various


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