Relate

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Relate \Re*late"\, v. i.
     1. To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to
        pertain; to refer; -- with to.
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              All negative or privative words relate positive


              ideas.                                --Locke.
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     2. To make reference; to take account. [R. & Obs.]
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              Reckoning by the years of their own consecration
              without relating to any imperial account. --Fuller.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]
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              Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again
              Both light of heaven and strength of men relate.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. To refer; to ascribe, as to a source. [Obs. or R.]
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     3. To recount; to narrate; to tell over.
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              This heavy act with heavy heart relate. --Shak.
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     4. To ally by connection or kindred.
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     {To relate one's self}, to vent thoughts in words. [R.]
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     Syn: To tell; recite; narrate; recount; rehearse; report;
          detail; describe.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  relate
       v 1: make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these
            two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these
            facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: {associate},
             {tie in}, {link}, {colligate}, {link up}, {connect}]
            [ant: {decouple}]
       2: have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of
          questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to
          your earlier comments" [syn: {refer}, {pertain}, {concern},
           {come to}, {bear on}, {touch}, {touch on}]
       3: give an account of; "The witness related the events"
       4: be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations
          related?" [syn: {interrelate}]
       5: have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to
          her peers"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  190 Moby Thesaurus words for "relate":
     add up, affect, affirm, allege, allegorize, ally, analogize,
     announce, answer, answer to, appertain, appertain to, apply,
     apply to, approach, ascribe, assert, asseverate, assign,
     assimilate, associate, aver, balance, be OK, be into, bear,
     bear on, bear upon, belong to, bind, bracket, break the news,
     bring into analogy, bring into comparison, bring word, cast up,
     cipher up, combine, communicate, communicate with, compare,
     compare and contrast, compare with, comprehend, concern, confront,
     conjoin, connect, contact, contrast, coordinate, cope with,
     correlate, correspond, correspond to, count up, counterpose,
     couple, credit, deal with, declare, delineate, describe, detail,
     dig, divulge, do, do the job, draw a comparison, draw a parallel,
     empathize, equate, establish connection, fable, fabulize,
     fictionalize, figure up, fill the bill, fit, foot up, get into,
     get to, give a report, give tidings of, grasp, handle,
     have connection with, identify, identify with, impart, impute,
     inform, interest, interrelate, interrogate, inventory, involve,
     itemize, join, liaise with, liken, liken to, link, link with,
     maintain connection, make advances, make contact with, make known,
     make overtures, make up to, match, measure against, metaphorize,
     mythicize, mythify, mythologize, narrate, novelize, nuncupate,
     oppose, parallel, parallelize, pertain, pertain to, place against,
     present, proclaim, qualify, question, quote, raise, reach, recap,
     recapitulate, recite, reckon up, recount, refer, refer to, regard,
     rehearse, relate to, relativize, relevant, reply to, report,
     respect, respond to, retell, reveal, romance, rumor,
     run a comparison, score up, serve, set forth, set in contrast,
     set in opposition, set off against, set over against, similize,
     state, storify, suit, sum, sum up, summarize, summate, sympathize,
     tally up, tell, tell a story, tie, tie in with, tot up, total,
     total up, tote up, touch, touch upon, treat of, understand,
     unfold a tale, unite, view together, wed, weigh, weigh against,
     write up, yoke