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relate

1. To bring back; to restore. Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again Both light of heaven and strength of men relate. (Spenser)

2. To refer; to ascribe, as to a source.

3. To recount; to narrate; to tell over. This heavy act with heavy heart relate. (Shak)

4. To ally by connection or kindred. To relate one's self, to vent thoughts in words.

Synonym: To tell, recite, narrate, recount, rehearse, report, detail, describe.

Origin: F. Relater to recount, LL. Relatare, fr. L. Relatus, used as p. P. Of referre. See Elate, and cf. Refer.