Category:Relate

Re*late" (r-lt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Related; p. pr. & vb. n. Relating.] Etym: [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.

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.