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Webster 1913 Edition


Relate

Re-late′

(r?-l?t′)
,
Verb.
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
.
Shakespeare
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.

Re-late′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Relate

RELA'TE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. relatus, refero; re and fero, to produce.]
1.
To tell; to recite; to narrate the particulars of an event; as, to relate the story of Priam; to relate the adventures of Don Quixote.
2.
To bring back; to restore. [Not in use.]
3.
To ally by connection or kindred.
To relate one's self, to vent thoughts in words.

RELA'TE

,
Verb.
I.
To have reference or respect; to regard.
All negative words relate to positive ideas.

Definition 2024


relaté

relaté

See also: relate

French

Verb

relaté m (feminine singular relatée, masculine plural relatés, feminine plural relatées)

  1. past participle of relater

Anagrams


Spanish

Verb

relaté

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of relatar.