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Open; evident; apert. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

e connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant life. Men hate those who affect that honor by ambition which pertaineth not to them. Hayward.

The act of boring through. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

Same as Persulphocyanogen.

A kind of feldspar consisting of a laminated intertexture of albite and orthoclase, usually of different colors. -- Per*thit"ic, a.

to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.

The quality or state of being pertinacious; obstinacy; perseverance; persistency. Macaulay.

The quality or state of being pertinent; pertinence. [Obs.]

Pertinacious. [Obs.]

Pertinaciously. [Obs.]

The quality or state of being pertinent; justness of relation to the subject or matter in hand; fitness; appositeness; relevancy; suitableness. The fitness and pertinency of the apostle's discourse. Bentley.

or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; material; relevant; as, pertinent illustrations or arguments; pertinent evidence.

In a pert manner.

The quality or state of being pert.

Passing through or over. [R.]

To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet. Ye that . . . perturb so my feast with crying. Chaucer.

The quality or state of being perturbable.

Liable to be perturbed or agitated; liable to be disturbed or disquieted.

Disturbance; perturbation. [R.] "Perturbance of the mind." Sharp.

To perturb. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.