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.] [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.
Be*long" (&?;), v. t. To be deserved
by. [Obs.]
More evils belong us than happen to us.
B. Jonson.
