3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Related  \Re*lat"ed\  (-l?t"?d),  p.  p.  &  a. 
  1.  Allied  by  kindred;  connected  by  blood  or  alliance, 
  particularly  by  consanguinity;  as  persons  related  in  the 
  first  or  second  degree. 
 
  2.  Standing  in  relation  or  connection;  as  the  electric  and 
  magnetic  forcec  are  closely  related. 
 
  3.  Narrated;  told. 
 
  4.  (Mus.)  Same  as  {Relative},  4. 
 
  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]: 
 
  related 
  adj  1:  being  connected  or  associated;  "painting  and  the  related 
  arts";  "school-related  activities";  "related  to 
  micelle  formation  is  the...ability  of  detergent 
  actives  to  congregate  at  oil-water  interfaces"  [syn:  {related 
  to}]  [ant:  {unrelated}] 
  2:  connected  by  kinship,  common  origin,  or  marriage  [ant:  {unrelated}] 
  3:  similar  or  related  in  quality  or  character;  "a  feeling  akin 
  to  terror";  "kindred  souls";  "the  amateur  is  closely 
  related  to  the  collector"  [syn:  {akin(p)},  {kindred}] 
  4:  having  close  kinship  and  appropriateness;  "he  asks  questions 
  that  are  germane  and  central  to  the  issue"  [syn:  {germane(p)}] 

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