Pertinent

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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" [syn: {to the
              point(p)}]
       2: being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the
          successful copywriter is a master of apposite and
          evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply" [syn: {apposite},
           {appropriate}, {apt}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "pertinent":
     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
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  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.