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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
a propos, ad rem, admissible, affinitive, appertaining, applicable, applying, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, associative, belonging, comparable, comparative, congenial, connective, correlative, en rapport, fitting, germane, in point, involving, linking, material, pertaining, proportionable, proportional, proportionate, referable, referring, relating, relational, relative, relevant, suitable, sympathetic, to the point, to the purpose
Dictionary Results for pertinent:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
pertinent
    adj 1: having precise or logical relevance to the matter at
           hand; "a list of articles pertinent to the discussion";
           "remarks that were to the point"
    2: being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the
       successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative
       verbal images"; "an apt reply" [syn: apposite, apt,
       pertinent]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pertinent \Per"ti*nent\, a. [L. pertinens, -entis, p. pr. of
   pertinere: cf. F. pertinent. See Pertain.]
   1. Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; fit
      or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed;
      apposite; material; relevant; as, pertinent illustrations
      or arguments; pertinent evidence.
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   2. Regarding; concerning; belonging; pertaining. [R.]
      "Pertinent unto faith." --Hooker.
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   Syn: Apposite; relevant; suitable; appropriate; fit.
        [1913 Webster] -- Per"ti*nent*ly, adv. --
        Per"ti*nent*ness, n.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
PERTINENT, evidence. Those facts which tend to prove the allegations of the 
party offering them, are called pertinent; those which have no such tendency 
are called impertinent, 8 Toull. n. 22. By pertinent is also meant that 
which belongs. Willes, 319. 



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