Part 1034

<blockquote>The mighty men which <b>belonged</b> to David. <i>1 Kings i. 8.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To be the concern or proper business or function <i>of</i>; to appertain <i>to</i>.</def> "Do not interpretations <i>belong</i> to God ?"

<i>Gen. xl. 8.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To be suitable <i>for</i>; to be due <i>to</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Strong meat <b>belongeth</b> to them that are of full age. <i> Heb. v. 14.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>No blame <b>belongs</b> to thee. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To be native <i>to</i>, or an inhabitant <i>of</i>; 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.</def>

<blockquote>Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which the mothers <b>belong</b>. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Belong</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Be*long"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To be deserved by.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>More evils <b>belong</b> us than happen to us. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Belonging</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Be*long"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Commonly in the <ets>pl</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects.</def> "Thyself and thy <i>belongings</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Family; relations; household.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>Few persons of her ladyship's <b>belongings</b> stopped, before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Belonite</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel"o*nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> a needle.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.</def>

<h1>Belooche Beloochee</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw><hw>Bel*oo"che Bel*oo"chee</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Beloochistan, or to its inhabitants.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or an inhabitant of Beloochistan.</def></def2>

<h1>Belord</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Be*lord"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To act the lord over.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To address by the title of "lord".</def>

<h1>Belove</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Be*love"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <tt>Beloved</tt> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bilufien</ets>. See pref. <er>Be-</er>, and <er>Love</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To love.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wodroephe.</i>

<h1>Beloved</h1> <Xpage=135>