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
Related \Re*lat"ed\ (-l?t"?d), p. p. & a.
1. Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance,
particularly by consanguinity; as, persons related in the
first or second degree.
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2. Standing in relation or connection; as, the electric and
magnetic forcec are closely related.
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3. Narrated; told.
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4. (Mus.) Same as Relative, 4.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
related
adj 1: being connected or associated; "painting and the related
arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to
micelle formation is the...ability of detergent
actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces" [syn: related
to] [ant: unrelated]
2: connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage [ant: unrelated]
3: similar or related in quality or character; "a feeling akin
to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely
related to the collector" [syn: akin(p), kindred]
4: having close kinship and appropriateness; "he asks questions
that are germane and central to the issue" [syn: germane(p)]
WordNet (r) 2.0
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "related":
affiliate, affiliated, affinal, agnate, akin, allied, associate,
associated, avuncular, bound, bracketed, closely related, cognate,
collateral, common, congeneric, congenerous, conjugate, connate,
connatural, connected, consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous,
coordinated, correlated, coupled, distantly related, enate, foster,
genetically related, german, germane, implicated, interconnected,
interdependent, interlinked, interlocked, interrelated, involved,
joined, joint, kin, kindred, knotted, linked, matrilateral,
matrilineal, matroclinous, mutual, novercal, of common source,
of that ilk, of that kind, of the blood, parallel, patrilateral,
patrilineal, patroclinous, reciprocal, related by blood, sib,
sibling, spliced, tied, tied up, twinned, uterine, wed, wedded,
yoked
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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