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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)

To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.

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."

To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to. "Do not interpretations belong to God?"

To be suitable for; to be due to. "Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age." "No blame belongs to thee."

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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... consummated in mere feeling, when "that which is in part shall be done away"; but during its struggles to enter into its full inheritance, it gathers up into itself the activities of all the faculties, which act harmoniously together in proportion as the organism to which they belong is in a ...

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