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.
RELATED
Re*lat"ed (-lt"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.