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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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