Antonyms for appurtenant


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-pur-tn-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈpɜr tn ənt


Definition of appurtenant

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Anglo-French apurtenant, Old French apartenant, present participle of apartenir "be related to" (see appurtenance).
  • As in appropriate : adj suitable
  • As in auxiliary : adj supplementary
  • As in relative : adj pertinent, applicable
  • As in relevant : adj appropriate; to the purpose
  • As in subservient : adj secondary, useful
  • As in subsidiary : adj secondary, helpful
  • As in reliant : adj dependent
  • As in supportive : adj auxiliary
  • As in collateral : adj indirect, secondary
  • As in dependent : adj contingent, determined by
  • As in ancillary : adj extra; supplementary
Example sentences :
  • It is my duty to warn you that the property does not produce much revenue; the appurtenant estates are not well kept up.
  • Extract from : « The White House (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XII) » by Charles Paul de Kock
  • And its appurtenant projectiles belong to the same branch as in the preceding case.
  • Extract from : « Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson
  • Only pieces of land together with the appurtenant territorial waters are alienable parts of territory.
  • Extract from : « International Law. A Treatise. Volume I (of 2) » by Lassa Francis Oppenheim
  • Waste land (it may be) is given in large quantities, but merely as appurtenant to the profitable core of the gift.
  • Extract from : « Domesday Book and Beyond » by Frederic William Maitland
  • Has any of your readers met with, or heard of the second short line, appendant and appurtenant to the first?
  • Extract from : « Notes & Queries, No. 39. Saturday, July 27, 1850 » by Various
  • Have the Dalbergs no ghost such as is appurtenant to all well-regulated royal families?
  • Extract from : « The Colonel of the Red Huzzars » by John Reed Scott
  • A right of pasture attached to land in the way we have described is said to be appendant or appurtenant to such land.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 » by Various
  • Appurtenant to the towns of Karanglan and Pantabangan are a few minor communities, among them Patakgao.
  • Extract from : « The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon » by David P. Barrows

Synonyms for appurtenant

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