Relate
Relate (r?-l?t") , transitive verb
[French relater to recount, Late Latin relatare, from Latin relatus, used as past participle of referre. See Elate, and compare Refer.]
1.
To bring back; to restore. [Obsolete]
Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again
Both light of heaven and strength of men relate.
2.
To refer; to ascribe, as to a source. [Obsolete or Rare]
3.
To recount; to narrate; to tell over.
This heavy act with heavy heart relate.
4.
To ally by connection or kindred.
Collocations (1)
To relate one's self , to vent thoughts in words. [Rare]
Relate , intransitive verb
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.
2.
To make reference; to take account. [Rare & Obsolete]
Reckoning by the years of their own consecration without relating to any imperial account.