From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Belong \Be*long"\, verb (used without an object) [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}, verb (used without an object)]
Note: [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Belong \Be*long"\, verb (used with an object) To be deserved by. [Obs.]
More evils belong us than happen to us. --B. Jonson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: be owned by; be in the possession of; "This book belongs to me"
2: originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" [syn: {dwell}, {consist}, {lie}, {lie in}]
3: be suitable or acceptable; "This student somehow doesn't belong"
4: be in the right place or situation; "Where do these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?" [syn: {go}]
5: be classified with; "The whales belong among the mammals"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "belong": accord, affect, agree, answer to, appertain, appertain to, apply to, be a member, be inscribed, be there, bear on, bear upon, become, befit, belong to, carry a card, chime, concern, connect, correspond, correspond to, deal with, fit, fit in, go, harmonize, have connection with, have its place, have place, hold membership, indwell, inhere, interest, involve, liaise with, link with, match, pertain, pertain to, refer to, regard, relate to, respect, set, subscribe, suit, tally, tie in with, touch, touch upon, treat of, vest, vest in
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