relate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: relate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
relate v 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" Synonym(s): associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect Antonym(s): decouple, dissociate be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" Synonym(s): refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with give an account of; "The witness related the events" be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations related?" Synonym(s): relate, interrelate have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Relate \Relate"\ (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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Relate \Relate"\, 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.