Word Meanings - ARABIAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants. Arabian bird, the phenix. Shak.

PHENIX
A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem of immortality.
PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
ARABIAN
Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants. Arabian bird, the phenix. Shak.
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach