RELATE

v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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.
v.

To refer; to ascribe, as to a source. [Obs. or R.]

3.
v.

To recount; to narrate; to tell over. This heavy act with heavy heart relate. Shak.

4.
v.

To ally by connection or kindred. To relate one's self, to vent thoughts in words. [R.]

5.
v.

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.

6.
v.

To make reference; to take account. [R.& Obs.] Reckoning by the years of their own consecration without relating to any imperial account. Fuller.

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