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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Belong \Be*long"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Belonged}; p. pr & vb n. {Belonging}.] [OE. belongen (akin to D. belangen to concern, G. belangen to attain to to concern); pref. be- + longen to desire. See {Long}, v. i.] Note: [Usually construed 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 --Luke ix 10. The mighty men which belonged to David. --1 Kings i. 8. 3. To be the concern or proper business or function of to appertain to ``Do not interpretations belong to God ?'' --Gen. xl 8. 4. To be suitable for to be due to Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age. --Heb. v. 14. No blame belongs to thee. --Shak. 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. --Blackstone. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Belong \Be*long"\, v. t. To be deserved by [Obs.] More evils belong us than happen to us --B. Jonson From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: belong v 1: be owned by be in the possession of "This book belongs to me" 2: originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" [syn: {dwell}, {consist}, {lie}, {lie in}] 3: be suitable or acceptable; "This student somehow doesn't belong" 4: be in the right place or situation; "Where do these books belong?" "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?" [syn: {go}] 5: be classified with "The whales belong among the mammals"
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