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Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.

Pertaining to, or like, a beast; brutal. [R.] Animal and belluine life. Atterbury.

To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to. "Do not interpretations belong to God " Gen. xl. 8.

That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. "Thyself and thy belongings." Shak.

Of or pertaining to Beloochistan, or to its inhabitants. -- n.

Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet.

Of or pertaining to Bengal. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Bengal.

Of or pertaining to Bentham or Benthamism.

Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin. Benzoic acid, or flowers of benzoin, a peculiar vegetable acid, C6H5.CO2H, obtained from benzoin, and some other balsams, by sublimation or decoction. It is also found in the urine of infants and herbivorous animals. It crystallizes in the form of white, satiny flakes; its odor…

Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks. -- n.

Pertaining to the city o -- n. sing. & pl.

Of or pertaining to the Berycidæ, a family of marine fishes.

Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar. -- n.

Of or pertaining to drinking or tippling.

Pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible; as, biblical learning; biblical authority.

Pertaining to bibliography, or the history of books. -- Bib`li*o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

Pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a bibliomaniac.

Pertaining to the art of binding books. [R.] Dibdin.

Of or pertaining to the sale of books. "Bibliopolic difficulties." Carlyle.

Of or pertaining to bibliopolism. Dibdin.