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VERB (5)

1. make a logical or causal connection;
- Example: "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"
- Example: "colligate these facts"
- Example: "I cannot relate these events at all"
[syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect]

2. be relevant to;
- Example: "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"
- Example: "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
[syn: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with]

3. give an account of;
- Example: "The witness related the events"

4. be in a relationship with;
- Example: "How are these two observations related?"
[syn: relate, interrelate]

5. have or establish a relationship to;
- Example: "She relates well to her peers"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Relate \Re*late"\ (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.]
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            Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again
            Both light of heaven and strength of men relate.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. To refer; to ascribe, as to a source. [Obs. or R.]
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   3. To recount; to narrate; to tell over.
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            This heavy act with heavy heart relate. --Shak.
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   4. To ally by connection or kindred.
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   To relate one's self, to vent thoughts in words. [R.]
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   Syn: To tell; recite; narrate; recount; rehearse; report;
        detail; describe.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Relate \Re*late"\, v. i.
   1. To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to
      pertain; to refer; -- with to.
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            All negative or privative words relate positive
            ideas.                                --Locke.
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   2. To make reference; to take account. [R. & Obs.]
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            Reckoning by the years of their own consecration
            without relating to any imperial account. --Fuller.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

relate
    v 1: 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" [syn:
         associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link
         up, connect] [ant: decouple, dissociate]
    2: be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to
       her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
       [syn: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to,
       bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with]
    3: give an account of; "The witness related the events"
    4: be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations
       related?" [syn: relate, interrelate]
    5: have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her
       peers"