3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Relate \Re*late"\, v. i.
1. To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to
pertain; to refer; -- with to
All negative or privative words relate positive
ideas. --Locke.
2. To make reference; to take account. [R.& Obs.]
Reckoning by the years of their own consecration
without relating to any imperial account. --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Relate \Re*late"\ (r?-l?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Related}; p.
pr & vb n. {Relating}.] [F. relater to recount, LL
relatare fr L. relatus, used as p. p. of referre. See
{Elate}, and cf {Refer}.]
1. To bring back to restore. [Obs.]
Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again
Both light of heaven and strength of men relate.
--Spenser.
2. To refer; to ascribe, as to a source. [Obs. or R.]
3. To recount; to narrate; to tell over
This heavy act with heavy heart relate. --Shak.
4. To ally by connection or kindred.
{To relate one's self}, to vent thoughts in words [R.]
Syn: To tell recite; narrate; recount; rehearse; report;
detail; describe.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
relate
v 1: make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these
two pieces of evidence in my mind" [syn: {associate}, {tie
in}, {link}, {connect}] [ant: {dissociate}]
2: be about have to do with be relevant to refer, pertain,
or relate to "What's this novel all about?"; "There were
lots of questions referring to her talk" [syn: {refer}, {pertain},
{concern}, {come to}, {bear on}, {touch}, {touch on}]
3: give an account of "The witness related the events"
4: be in a relationship with: "How are these two observations
related?" [syn: {interrelate}]
5: have a relationship to
6: bring into relation with
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