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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.