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Webster 1913 Edition
Relate
Re-late′
(r?-l?t′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Related
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Relating
.] 1.
To bring back; to restore.
[Obs.]
Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again
Both light of heaven and strength of men
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.
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.
All negative words relate to positive ideas.