relatev.

Brit.

/rᵻˈleɪt/, U.S.

/rəˈleɪt/,

/riˈleɪt/

Forms: late Middle English– relate; also Scottish pre-1700 relait, pre-1700 relaite.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French relater; Latin relāt-, referre.

Etymology: < Middle French relater (French relater ) (transitive) to report, recount (1362 in a legal context, c1405 in more general use), (in passive) to be put between (1483 in the passage translated in quot. 1490) and its etymon classical Latin relāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of referre refer v. Compare Catalan relatar (late 15th cent.), Spanish relatar (15th cent.), Portuguese relatar (15th cent.). Compare earlier relation n., relative n.

†1.

a. transitive. In passive. To be brought or put between two things. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > be interjacent [verb (intransitive)]

relate1490

intercede1578

interject1578

interpose1615

interval1630

interline1633

mediate1641

intervenec1709

intercalate1960

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxii. 78 The more thicke & depper ben his rotes spred wythin therthe, & related [Fr. relatees] bytwyx the harde roches.

b. transitive. In passive. To be brought or put into a class. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1542 T. Becon Newe Pathway vnto Praier vii. sig. D.vj Who woulde not haue thought this holy religious father worthy to be canonysed & related into the nomber of Sayntes?

c. transitive. To bring back, restore. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > giving back or restitution > give back [verb (transitive)]

yieldc897

agiveOE

again-setOE

restorec1325

acquitc1330

to pay outa1382

refundc1386

to give againa1400

quita1400

restituec1400

reliver1426

surrend1450

redeliver1490

refer1496

render1513

rebail1539

re-present1564

regive1575

to give backa1586

to turn back1587

relate1590

turn1597

returna1632

to hand back1638

redonate1656

reappropriate1659

re-cede1684

revert1688

replace1776

restitute1885

to kick back1926

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. viii. sig. Kk8^v Abate Your zealous hast, till morrow next againe Both light of heuen, and strength of men relate.

a. To recount, narrate, give an account of (actions, events, facts, etc.).

(a) transitive. With noun phrase as object. Frequently with to or indirect object.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > narration > narrate, relate, or tell [verb (transitive)]

singc900

reckonOE

readOE

tellOE

showc1175

betellc1275

i-tellec1275

rehearsec1300

record1340

accounta1387

to chase forthc1386

retretec1400

reporta1402

count?a1425

recite1448

touch?a1450

repeat1451

deliverc1454

explikec1454

renderc1460

recount1477

to show forth1498

relate1530

to set forth1530

rechec1540

reaccount1561

recitate1568

history1600

recant1603

to run througha1616

enarrate1750

narrate1754

society > communication > information > reporting > report [verb (transitive)]

i-telle971

reckOE

tella1382

brevea1400

reportc1450

recount1477

reapport1486

refera1500

renowna1500

relate1530

informa1533

recommend1533

reaccount1561

re-report1599

yielda1616

delatea1639

narrate1656

bulletin1838

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 684/1 I wolde nat relate the mater otherwyse than I herde it for all the good in the worlde.

1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. i. 3 b Letters..wherein hee related and fully declared..what hee had seene in the Indias.

1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox xii. 328 Hee took the pains to relate him every particular that had pass'd since his imprisonment.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 1 Observations..both carefully made, and faithfully related.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. x. 233 If you desire..to hear the Story of an unhappy Man, I will relate it to you.

1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. vii. 138 This incident..led the officer to relate the trouble he had had with a clergyman.

1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 44 He came to me one day, and related his whole situation.

1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. iii. 63 To relate thee all The monstrous, unbaptised phantasies..Would bring my word in doubt.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid ii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 134 Take these tidings thou, and relate this news to my sire.

1914 J. Joyce Dubliners The adventures related in the literature of the Wild West were remote from my nature but, at least, they opened doors of escape.

1956 R. J. Donovan Eisenhower iii. 38 Eisenhower has related with great admiration incidents which he thought illustrated Lincoln's singleness of purpose.

2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 June 18/4 Calum related his life story.

(b) transitive. With that-clause as object.

ΚΠ

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. To Rdr. sig. a7 So also it is there related, that not long after he made man after his owne image.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §771 Livy doth relate, that there were found..two coffins.

1690 I. Newton Let. 14 Nov. in Corr. (1961) III. 115 Photius..relates that Cyril in ye 12th chapter of his Scholiums, read ὀς Ἐϕανερώθη &c.

1713 Boston News-let. 3 Aug. 2/1 Another Ship..who related that all the Crew were Stab'd, Mangl'd and Cut to Pieces.

1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 279 History relates that she was about to disparage herself by a marriage with an inferior.

1835 Naut. Mag. Oct. 613 It is related that the aërial ship took her first flight in a waggon.

1884 A. P. de Candolle Origin Cultivated Plants ii. ii. 93 Targioni..relates that the artichoke was brought from Naples to Florence in 1466.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage viii. 26 He often related that on one of his holidays in Boulogne..the curé had come up to him and invited him to preach a sermon.

1984 ‘W. Tinasky’ Let. 11 July (1996) 31/1 In Scandinavian mythology, it is related that the famous hammer of Thor..had a short handle.

1998 W. Shatner et al. Spectre ii. 23 I can relate that subjective observations do appear to outweigh the empirical.

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1595 A. Copley Wits Fittes & Fancies i. 12 The Emperour Nero hearing that his predecessor Claudius was related among the Gods.

1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxiv. 88 This man with those before, most worthily related Arch-saints, as in their Sees Arch-bishops consecrated.

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 1 Plato was out of doubt an Athenian, nor are they to be credited who relate him a Theban.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 22 They relate Dalatia in Æthiopia, to be opposite to Meka.

1778 Hist. Cheshire II. ii. 469 Some relate the place to be Baynard's Castle.

1812 Classical Jrnl. 5 267 For he relates him to have attacked and dethroned his grandfather Astyages.

1816 S. E. Brydges Bertram (ed. 2) iv. vi. 69 Let the Bard relate Lucasta struggling with the toils of fate.

1857 T. Forester Danube & Black Sea v. 59 It was in no proper sense a Roman colony, and could not be one of those his historians relate him to have established.

1915 C. S. Patton Sources Synoptic Gospels iv. 54 The second feeding, which he omits, was related to have occurred in that place.

1953 Eng. Hist. Rev. 68 115 The real history of Edinburgh commences in the reign of Malcolm Canmore, whose queen is related to have died in the castle.

2005 M. D. Chapman Sons of Abraham 26 The Qur'anic verses speak of Allah in the earliest surahs, relating him to be the creator and designer of the world.

†b. transitive. To give an account of (a person). Also: to speak of (a thing). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > describe [verb (transitive)] > describe the character of

represent1513

relate1582

personate1591

endorse1596

rendera1616

worda1616

character1618

person1644

exponec1650

characterize1653

1582 in Bible (Rheims) Annot. Ephes. i. 515 For therein also is a great difference betwene Christ and euery mortal I relate.

1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Pref. sig. A2^v Procopius..impartially discoursing of Justinian, and the great ones, doth as much arraign, as relate them to posterity.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 604 What thought can measure thee or tongue Relate thee.

?1670 (c1645) J. Cavendish & E. Brackley Concealed Fansyes i, in PMLA (1931) 46 806 Freely relate your Mistris to mee, and lett mee knowe hir humour.

1726 R. Savage Let. 15 Aug. in J. Thomson Poet. Wks. (1866) I. p. clxi The gold medal he has been presented with..has no doubt been related to you by Mr. Thomson.

†c. intransitive. To recount something; to give an account of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > narration > narrate or give an account [verb (intransitive)]

mingc1225

accounta1393

report?a1439

recite1485

relate1609

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles x. 55 I nill relate, action may Conueniently the rest conuay.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 373 I might relate of thousands.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 51 Adam relating, she sole Auditress.

1747 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 9 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) III. 1030 I have Arguses..who will watch you narrowly, and relate to me faithfully.

1800 W. Dunlap tr. A. von Kotzebue False Shame i. ix. 17 We talk—we relate—we display our wit, but all in vain.

1845 W. J. Linton Bob-thin 13 He relates Of 1688's Most Dutch and glorious ‘Revolution’.

†d. transitive (reflexive). To unburden oneself to. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (reflexive)] > disclose one's thoughts or feelings

open1548

relate1625

unbowel1647

unbosoma1659

disembosom1767

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 158 A Man were better relate himselfe, to a Statua, or Picture, then to suffer his Thoughts to passe in smother.

†e. intransitive. To discuss or negotiate with someone. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > negotiate > negotiate with

bargainc1375

deal1393

entreata1400

entreaty1523

practise1538

trade1553

transact1584

temporize1587

relate1631

tryst1637

truckle1909

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 758 The said Germane Waldgraue related with Waldgraue of Northamptonshire, concerning the marriage of his said daughter.

3. intransitive. Law. Of a decision, adjudication, etc.: to have legal effect from a date earlier than that on which it was made; to be retrospectively valid. Frequently with back. Cf. relation n. 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > carry on (of proceedings) [verb (intransitive)] > have application to earlier date

relate1598

1598 Termes Lawes 162 Petitions of parlement, to which y^e Queene assents on y^e last day of parlement shal relate and be of force from the first day of the beginning of the Parlement.

1629 Vse of Law 50 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light It hath beene much doubted by the Law-bookes, whether the Lords title by escheat shall relate backe to the time of the offence done.

1743 H. Swinburne Wills (ed. 6) vi. §12 445 Refusal afterwards cannot relate to make that good, which was void in itself for Defect of Power.

1830 R. Smith tr. J. Bentham Rationale of Punishment v. iv. 389 According to legal notions, it is the delinquent that suffers, by the forfeiture being made to relate back to the time of the offence.

1885 Sir J. F. Stephen in Law Times Rep. 53 781/1 A change of mind after an innocent taking does not relate back to the innocent taking and make it felonious.

1940 Calif. Law Rev. 29 45 A judgement of dismissal entered later..was held to relate to the date of the legal demand for dismissal.

1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1508/2 An adjudication in bankruptcy relates back to the act of bankruptcy on which the receiving order was made.

1996 L. W. Levy License to Steal ix. 175 If the government wins a forfeiture judgement..the vesting of its title relates back to the time the property became forfeitable.

†4.

a. transitive. To cite (an authority). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > bring forward as evidence

to draw forthc1175

showa1325

drawc1330

allaya1387

to avouch a thing upon (a person)1393

allegea1398

adduce?a1425

induce1433

recite1509

infera1529

vouch1531

cite1550

avouch1573

relate1604

instance1608

rejourn1624

quote1663

abduce1720

invoke1879

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) vi. 313 Galen to this purpose relateth Aesop, who sayd [etc.].

b. transitive. To refer (a person) to something. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > refer reader to authority

remitc1400

sendc1449

refer?1531

remand1655

relate1657

1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 355 Gulling the unwary Reader that all is pure scripture,..relating us to a place where the most important words are wanting.

a. intransitive. To have reference to; to refer to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)] > refer or relate

returna1393

referc1405

regard1525

tend1571

relate1609

reflect1617

advert1765

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 317 This challeng that the gallant Hector sends..Relates in purpose onely to Achilles.

1642 P. Heylyn Hist. Episcopacie i. iv. 114 There was nothing left at random, which either did relate to government, or point of Doctrine.

1663 S. Pepys Diary 6 Jan. (1971) IV. 6 Saw ‘Twelfth-Night’ acted well, though it be but a silly play and not relating at all to the name or day.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 46. ¶5 I shall only give him the Letters which relate to the two last Hints.

1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) III. 29 The following paragraph, relating to Cromwell.

1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 12 A great variety of anecdotes relating to the transmutation of metals.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 499 Old persons are quick to see and hear all that relates to them.

1901 Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric. Div. Veg. Physiol. 29 38 ‘In-and-in breeding’, ‘outbreeding’ and other expressions relating to the close or distant relationship of parents.

1936 J. C. Powys Maiden Castle ii. iii. 111 He now began..running over the pages..relating to this legendary being.

1986 Ajneya in M. R. Anand & S. B. Rao Panorama v. 70 What I can tell you, however, is that this narrative relates to 1934.

†b. intransitive. Of a person: to make reference to, to refer to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > speak of or mention > refer or allude to

to make relationc1390

refer1557

relate1637

1637 P. Heylyn Antidotum Lincolniense Pref. sig. A 7^v I relate onely in this Antidote to the first Edition.

1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. i. 2 in Church-hist. Brit. The Poet, who herein seems to relate to the Hebrew and Greek Professors founded in his dayes at Cambridge.

†c. intransitive. To be important or of interest to or unto a person. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)]

reckeOE

recka1250

attainc1374

beforcec1375

pertaina1382

concern1477

import1539

signifya1616

to trench into (unto)1621

to bear (a) (great) state1623

urge1654

relate1655

bulk1672

refer1677

argufy1751

to be no small drinka1774

tell1779

reckon1811

to count for (much, little, nothing, etc.)1857

to stand for something (or nothing)1863

shout1876

count1885

mind1915

rate1926

1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa III. ii. vii. 692 Can you then believe whilst I have an existence, that your perpetuall imprisonment would but relate unto your self?

a. intransitive. With to, †unto. To have some connection with; to stand in relation to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)]

belong1340

pertaina1382

pretend1481

appertaina1500

link?1544

touch?1611

relate1646

rapport1649

connect1709

to tie in1938

to tie up1959

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 105 Station is properly no rest but one kinde of motion, relating unto that which Physitians..doe name extensive or tonicall.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 309 I have thus impaled these three that the Reader may the better discerne how they relate each to other.

1699 J. Wright Hist. Histrionica 3 All who related to the Black-friers..are now Dead, and almost forgotten.

1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 227 The critic Eye..examines bit by bit: How parts relate to parts, or they to whole.

1758 J. Wesley Let. 24 Aug. (1931) IV. 32 I shall not concern myself with anything in your Appendix but what relates to me in particular.

1805 C. Collingwood Let. 7 Oct. in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1846) VII. 83 The active part he takes in everything that relates to the supply of the Fleet.

1888 J. J. H. Teall Brit. Petrogr. 441 Orogenetic, that which relates to the formation of mountains.

1930 R. H. Baker Astron. ix. 369 The apparent magnitude of a star relates to its brightness as we observe it.

1960 Accounting Rev. 35 44/1 Analysis of such costs will usually show that at least some of them are clean-up expenses relating to past operations.

2008 Liverpool Echo (Nexis) 14 Oct. 12 Pleasing though it was to read about Sir Simon Rattle being awarded the freedom of the city, I wonder how this relates to most of the population of Liverpool.

b. transitive. With to, with. To bring (a thing or person) into relation with; to establish the relationship of (something) to. Also reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > relate to [verb (transitive)] > relate or connect one thing to another

tiec1000

link?a1412

mate1594

tack1683

relate1697

bridge1834

connect1881

to tie up1888

the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or orient oneself to something [verb (reflexive)]

orientalize1823

orient1850

relate1856

1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 455 But so does the Thing infer the Word too, to which we..do relate it.

1795 W. Hodgson tr. P. H. T. d'Holbach Syst. Nature I. x. 277 Ideas which we relate well or ill to the cause that moves us.

1833 T. Chalmers On Power Wisdom & Goodness of God I. i. iii. 139 The law which relates an object, whether present or thought upon, to its appropriate emotion.

1856 D. Masson Ess. Biogr. & Crit. 22 How, then, did Shakespeare relate himself to this concrete world of nature?

1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life 176 He pretends to relate the truth you feel to certain moral and religious conditions.

1902 N. Smith Stud. Cartesian Philos. iii. 60 To know any material thing we must relate it to other things and ultimately to the whole universe.

1948 P. Kavanagh Tarry Flynn i. 11 He..was full of a pedantic scholasticism which he somehow managed to relate to the needs of the people.

1987 Landscape Oct. 61/1 I could not relate what Robins had painted in such detail with the scene that now confronted me.

2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Aug. 10/4 Moore makes excellent use of the scientific literature, while relating it to her own observations.

c. transitive. To connect, to link; to establish a relation between.

ΚΠ

1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. iv. 92 A Point of more elevation than a Comma, which helps to relate the matter more distinctly.

1846 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces 38 Volta..first enabled us definitely to relate the forces of chemistry and electricity.

1889 E. Caird Crit. Philos. Kant I. i. i. 273 If we hold Kant to the distinction which he makes between perception and conception, it seems impossible to relate them.

1922 J. A. Gunn Mod. French Philos. ii. 46 The absolute existence of all things is thus separated from the ideal, and no attempt is made to relate the two.

1951 C. L. Brown Basic Thermodynamics vi. 88 Two additional relations..relate temperature and volume and pressure and volume for an isentropic.

1980 J. H. Crook Evol. Human Consciousness ii. 15 Since the terms ‘mind’ and ‘body’ are not of the same category, it is illegitimate to relate them logically in this way.

1987 D. Crystal Cambr. Encycl. Lang. xx. 119 The abbreviations identify the types of semantic links which relate the concepts.

d. intransitive. With back to. To have a connection with or stand in relation to something from the past; to derive from or have an origin in a previous event. Cf. sense 3.

ΚΠ

1845 Wisconsin Argus (Madison) 21 Jan. The following Jeu d'esprit relates back to the year 1839.

1895 School Rev. 3 36 The sin, of course, relates back to the neglect in the early education of the barrister.

1924 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 24 817/1 The whole plan relates back to the school where the pupil must receive the necessary preparation for her diploma and certificate.

1983 Times 15 July 8 Its [sc. the play's] parade of personified follies and its Court of Cupid relate back to the middle ages.

1995 Wire Jan. 19/2 In O'Rourke's musical philosophy, this palpable connection relates back to the chosen medium, be it electronics, composition, tape, guitar, rock, Ambient or noise.

†7. intransitive. With to. Of a stream or river: to flow into. Obsolete.Apparently only in Izaak Walton.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > flow (of river) [verb (intransitive)]

flowa1000

roil?c1400

resorta1552

rill1621

relate1653

put1670

toddle1773

vent1784

tail1889

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iii. 85 In divers Rivers, especially that relate to, or be near to the Sea.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler xvii. 231 Case-worms, that are to bee found..in several little Brooks that relate to bigger Rivers.

†8. intransitive. To appear, be evident. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > [verb (intransitive)]

seem1340

to prove wellc1387

showa1393

appearc1400

to stare (a person) in the face1510

sparkle1597

shinea1616

transpear1645

relate1663

it is visible1693

to speak out1846

notice1961

1663 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) Man. i. i. 302/2 It hath been more cleerly manifested..to that most ingenious Venetian Paul Sarpias Fulgentius as relates from his papers.

9. intransitive. With to. To understand or have empathy for; to identify or feel a connection with. Also without construction.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > fellow feeling > fellow-feel [verb (intransitive)]

sympathize1607

fellow-feel1612

consanguinate1621

enter1851

relate1947

1947 H. B. Trecker in R. H. Kurtz Social Work Year Bk. 485/2 Group associations and experiences which afford persons a controlled environment within which they may be helped to adjust and relate to each other.

1950 Childhood Educ. Nov. 115/1 Group formation such as takes place in the classroom tends to be adult-centered and dependent upon the varying ways children relate to the teacher.

1966 New Statesman 14 Oct. 549/1 The Civic Action now begins As friends and former foe relate.

1969 C. Davidson in A. Cockburn & R. Blackburn Student Power 361 If we only relate to on-campus issues, we run the risk of laying the counter-revolutionary groundwork.

1990 A. Stevens On Jung ii. 23 Jung had considerable difficulty in relating to men, and had few male friends.

2004 Bancroft (Ont.) Times 28 Oct. 4/1 The fear that engulfed the astronauts..was..fear of performing. We can all relate to that.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	relate
释义	relaten. Brit. /rᵻˈleɪt/, U.S. /rəˈleɪt/, /riˈleɪt/ Forms: 1500s– relate, 1600s relat. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin relatum, relātus. Etymology: In sense 1 < post-classical Latin relatum relative term (in plural, relata , 13th cent., 1610 in British sources), use as noun of neuter of classical Latin relātus (see below). In sense 2 < classical Latin relātus, past participle of referre refer v., taken as noun. Compare relate v. 1. Logic. = relatum n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > predicate or propositional logic > [noun] > propositional relation > relate relate1582 relatum1647 related1697 1582 R. Browne Treat. 23 Matt. in R. Harrison & R. Browne Writings (1953) 178 What is an exception, and what is diuers, what is a relate, or priuation, or similitude? 1633 W. Ames Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies i. 31 All relates are mutuall causes one of another. 1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica i. vii. 23 If the Relation..has a Name, one of the two is called the Relate, to wit, that from which the Relation has its name; the other, the Correlate. 1737 B. Martin Bibliotheca Technologica xi. 247 If we speak of a Father, he is the Subject or Relate, and the Son is the Correlate. 1776 Logic, Ontol., & Art of Poetry vii. 72 The subject of a relation, or the thing spoken of, is called a relate. 1871 H. M. Dexter Congregationalism (ed. 3) ii. §4.vi. 154 Pastor and flock are relates, and therefore one cannot be without the other. 1883 B. I. Gilman in Studies in Logic 108 The number of instances in which the relation ρ′ occurs having a relate which is an object in the universe. 1928 Jrnl. Philos. 25 565 The relates, though occurring earlier and later, do not differ otherwise. 1957 L. Hjelmslev & H. J. Uldall Outl. Glossematics 78 A combination thus has two major relates. 1998 R. Kevelson in J. J. Jadacki et al. World of Signs iii. 205 The words ‘father’, ‘son’, ‘teacher’, ‘student’ are relates since what they represent in actuality is linked with another. †2. A relative, a relation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > [noun] gadlingeOE sibmanOE friendOE sibOE siblingOE kinsmanc1175 friendmana1200 kinc1200 cousinc1300 allyc1380 kindreda1450 parent?c1450 alliancec1475 lyance1502 relation1502 relate1651 relative1657 relator1665 family member1673 correlative1697 relater1702 rellie1921 rello1982 1651 tr. T. de Bèze in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 475 I am he To whom an Infant can no relate be [L. proles mihi disiet omnis]. 1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 75 Nor were his neer relates, Aaron and Miriam, favoured. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † relateadj. Forms: 1600s relait (Scottish), 1600s relate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin relātus, referre. Etymology: < classical Latin relātus, past participle of referre refer v. Compare earlier related adj. and relate v. Obsolete. Related, connected. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [adjective] > related or connected fastOE of kin1486 akin1548 alliant1551 consortinga1592 kin1600 conjugate1605 consanguineousa1616 social1620 related1623 relatea1627 connex1653 cognate1655 agnate1686 contiguous1770 connected1789 allied1794 adjoining1869 a1627 R. Shelford Five Pious Disc. (1635) v. 257 In that he is called that sonne of destruction, this argueth his relate father, for he is sonne and heir to the Devil. 1636 in J. Robertson Select. Reg. Presbytery of Lanark (1839) 10 Mr. Robert Hamiltoune and Mr. Johne Vetch relait. 1658 E. Phillips Myst. Love & Eloquence 269 The enunciate of a relate quality is of this kinde, whose conjunction is the relation itself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). relatev. Brit. /rᵻˈleɪt/, U.S. /rəˈleɪt/, /riˈleɪt/ Forms: late Middle English– relate; also Scottish pre-1700 relait, pre-1700 relaite. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French relater; Latin relāt-, referre. Etymology: < Middle French relater (French relater ) (transitive) to report, recount (1362 in a legal context, c1405 in more general use), (in passive) to be put between (1483 in the passage translated in quot. 1490) and its etymon classical Latin relāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of referre refer v. Compare Catalan relatar (late 15th cent.), Spanish relatar (15th cent.), Portuguese relatar (15th cent.). Compare earlier relation n., relative n. †1. a. transitive. In passive. To be brought or put between two things. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > be interjacent [verb (intransitive)] relate1490 intercede1578 interject1578 interpose1615 interval1630 interline1633 mediate1641 intervenec1709 intercalate1960 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxii. 78 The more thicke & depper ben his rotes spred wythin therthe, & related [Fr. relatees] bytwyx the harde roches. b. transitive. In passive. To be brought or put into a class. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1542 T. Becon Newe Pathway vnto Praier vii. sig. D.vj Who woulde not haue thought this holy religious father worthy to be canonysed & related into the nomber of Sayntes? c. transitive. To bring back, restore. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > giving back or restitution > give back [verb (transitive)] yieldc897 agiveOE again-setOE restorec1325 acquitc1330 to pay outa1382 refundc1386 to give againa1400 quita1400 restituec1400 reliver1426 surrend1450 redeliver1490 refer1496 render1513 rebail1539 re-present1564 regive1575 to give backa1586 to turn back1587 relate1590 turn1597 returna1632 to hand back1638 redonate1656 reappropriate1659 re-cede1684 revert1688 replace1776 restitute1885 to kick back1926 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. viii. sig. Kk8^v Abate Your zealous hast, till morrow next againe Both light of heuen, and strength of men relate. 2. a. To recount, narrate, give an account of (actions, events, facts, etc.). (a) transitive. With noun phrase as object. Frequently with to or indirect object. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > narrate, relate, or tell [verb (transitive)] singc900 reckonOE readOE tellOE showc1175 betellc1275 i-tellec1275 rehearsec1300 record1340 accounta1387 to chase forthc1386 retretec1400 reporta1402 count?a1425 recite1448 touch?a1450 repeat1451 deliverc1454 explikec1454 renderc1460 recount1477 to show forth1498 relate1530 to set forth1530 rechec1540 reaccount1561 recitate1568 history1600 recant1603 to run througha1616 enarrate1750 narrate1754 society > communication > information > reporting > report [verb (transitive)] i-telle971 reckOE tella1382 brevea1400 reportc1450 recount1477 reapport1486 refera1500 renowna1500 relate1530 informa1533 recommend1533 reaccount1561 re-report1599 yielda1616 delatea1639 narrate1656 bulletin1838 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 684/1 I wolde nat relate the mater otherwyse than I herde it for all the good in the worlde. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. i. 3 b Letters..wherein hee related and fully declared..what hee had seene in the Indias. 1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox xii. 328 Hee took the pains to relate him every particular that had pass'd since his imprisonment. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 1 Observations..both carefully made, and faithfully related. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. x. 233 If you desire..to hear the Story of an unhappy Man, I will relate it to you. View more context for this quotation 1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. vii. 138 This incident..led the officer to relate the trouble he had had with a clergyman. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 44 He came to me one day, and related his whole situation. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. iii. 63 To relate thee all The monstrous, unbaptised phantasies..Would bring my word in doubt. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid ii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 134 Take these tidings thou, and relate this news to my sire. 1914 J. Joyce Dubliners The adventures related in the literature of the Wild West were remote from my nature but, at least, they opened doors of escape. 1956 R. J. Donovan Eisenhower iii. 38 Eisenhower has related with great admiration incidents which he thought illustrated Lincoln's singleness of purpose. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 June 18/4 Calum related his life story. (b) transitive. With that-clause as object. ΚΠ 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. To Rdr. sig. a7 So also it is there related, that not long after he made man after his owne image. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §771 Livy doth relate, that there were found..two coffins. 1690 I. Newton Let. 14 Nov. in Corr. (1961) III. 115 Photius..relates that Cyril in ye 12th chapter of his Scholiums, read ὀς Ἐϕανερώθη &c. 1713 Boston News-let. 3 Aug. 2/1 Another Ship..who related that all the Crew were Stab'd, Mangl'd and Cut to Pieces. 1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 279 History relates that she was about to disparage herself by a marriage with an inferior. 1835 Naut. Mag. Oct. 613 It is related that the aërial ship took her first flight in a waggon. 1884 A. P. de Candolle Origin Cultivated Plants ii. ii. 93 Targioni..relates that the artichoke was brought from Naples to Florence in 1466. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage viii. 26 He often related that on one of his holidays in Boulogne..the curé had come up to him and invited him to preach a sermon. 1984 ‘W. Tinasky’ Let. 11 July (1996) 31/1 In Scandinavian mythology, it is related that the famous hammer of Thor..had a short handle. 1998 W. Shatner et al. Spectre ii. 23 I can relate that subjective observations do appear to outweigh the empirical. (c) transitive. With object and complement or infinitive. ΚΠ 1595 A. Copley Wits Fittes & Fancies i. 12 The Emperour Nero hearing that his predecessor Claudius was related among the Gods. 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxiv. 88 This man with those before, most worthily related Arch-saints, as in their Sees Arch-bishops consecrated. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 1 Plato was out of doubt an Athenian, nor are they to be credited who relate him a Theban. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 22 They relate Dalatia in Æthiopia, to be opposite to Meka. 1778 Hist. Cheshire II. ii. 469 Some relate the place to be Baynard's Castle. 1812 Classical Jrnl. 5 267 For he relates him to have attacked and dethroned his grandfather Astyages. 1816 S. E. Brydges Bertram (ed. 2) iv. vi. 69 Let the Bard relate Lucasta struggling with the toils of fate. 1857 T. Forester Danube & Black Sea v. 59 It was in no proper sense a Roman colony, and could not be one of those his historians relate him to have established. 1915 C. S. Patton Sources Synoptic Gospels iv. 54 The second feeding, which he omits, was related to have occurred in that place. 1953 Eng. Hist. Rev. 68 115 The real history of Edinburgh commences in the reign of Malcolm Canmore, whose queen is related to have died in the castle. 2005 M. D. Chapman Sons of Abraham 26 The Qur'anic verses speak of Allah in the earliest surahs, relating him to be the creator and designer of the world. †b. transitive. To give an account of (a person). Also: to speak of (a thing). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > describe [verb (transitive)] > describe the character of represent1513 relate1582 personate1591 endorse1596 rendera1616 worda1616 character1618 person1644 exponec1650 characterize1653 1582 in Bible (Rheims) Annot. Ephes. i. 515 For therein also is a great difference betwene Christ and euery mortal I relate. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Pref. sig. A2^v Procopius..impartially discoursing of Justinian, and the great ones, doth as much arraign, as relate them to posterity. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 604 What thought can measure thee or tongue Relate thee. View more context for this quotation ?1670 (c1645) J. Cavendish & E. Brackley Concealed Fansyes i, in PMLA (1931) 46 806 Freely relate your Mistris to mee, and lett mee knowe hir humour. 1726 R. Savage Let. 15 Aug. in J. Thomson Poet. Wks. (1866) I. p. clxi The gold medal he has been presented with..has no doubt been related to you by Mr. Thomson. †c. intransitive. To recount something; to give an account of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > narrate or give an account [verb (intransitive)] mingc1225 accounta1393 report?a1439 recite1485 relate1609 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles x. 55 I nill relate, action may Conueniently the rest conuay. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 373 I might relate of thousands. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 51 Adam relating, she sole Auditress. View more context for this quotation 1747 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 9 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) III. 1030 I have Arguses..who will watch you narrowly, and relate to me faithfully. 1800 W. Dunlap tr. A. von Kotzebue False Shame i. ix. 17 We talk—we relate—we display our wit, but all in vain. 1845 W. J. Linton Bob-thin 13 He relates Of 1688's Most Dutch and glorious ‘Revolution’. †d. transitive (reflexive). To unburden oneself to. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (reflexive)] > disclose one's thoughts or feelings open1548 relate1625 unbowel1647 unbosoma1659 disembosom1767 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 158 A Man were better relate himselfe, to a Statua, or Picture, then to suffer his Thoughts to passe in smother. †e. intransitive. To discuss or negotiate with someone. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > negotiate > negotiate with bargainc1375 deal1393 entreata1400 entreaty1523 practise1538 trade1553 transact1584 temporize1587 relate1631 tryst1637 truckle1909 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 758 The said Germane Waldgraue related with Waldgraue of Northamptonshire, concerning the marriage of his said daughter. 3. intransitive. Law. Of a decision, adjudication, etc.: to have legal effect from a date earlier than that on which it was made; to be retrospectively valid. Frequently with back. Cf. relation n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > carry on (of proceedings) [verb (intransitive)] > have application to earlier date relate1598 1598 Termes Lawes 162 Petitions of parlement, to which y^e Queene assents on y^e last day of parlement shal relate and be of force from the first day of the beginning of the Parlement. 1629 Vse of Law 50 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light It hath beene much doubted by the Law-bookes, whether the Lords title by escheat shall relate backe to the time of the offence done. 1743 H. Swinburne Wills (ed. 6) vi. §12 445 Refusal afterwards cannot relate to make that good, which was void in itself for Defect of Power. 1830 R. Smith tr. J. Bentham Rationale of Punishment v. iv. 389 According to legal notions, it is the delinquent that suffers, by the forfeiture being made to relate back to the time of the offence. 1885 Sir J. F. Stephen in Law Times Rep. 53 781/1 A change of mind after an innocent taking does not relate back to the innocent taking and make it felonious. 1940 Calif. Law Rev. 29 45 A judgement of dismissal entered later..was held to relate to the date of the legal demand for dismissal. 1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1508/2 An adjudication in bankruptcy relates back to the act of bankruptcy on which the receiving order was made. 1996 L. W. Levy License to Steal ix. 175 If the government wins a forfeiture judgement..the vesting of its title relates back to the time the property became forfeitable. †4. a. transitive. To cite (an authority). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > bring forward as evidence to draw forthc1175 showa1325 drawc1330 allaya1387 to avouch a thing upon (a person)1393 allegea1398 adduce?a1425 induce1433 recite1509 infera1529 vouch1531 cite1550 avouch1573 relate1604 instance1608 rejourn1624 quote1663 abduce1720 invoke1879 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) vi. 313 Galen to this purpose relateth Aesop, who sayd [etc.]. b. transitive. To refer (a person) to something. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > refer reader to authority remitc1400 sendc1449 refer?1531 remand1655 relate1657 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 355 Gulling the unwary Reader that all is pure scripture,..relating us to a place where the most important words are wanting. 5. a. intransitive. To have reference to; to refer to. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)] > refer or relate returna1393 referc1405 regard1525 tend1571 relate1609 reflect1617 advert1765 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 317 This challeng that the gallant Hector sends..Relates in purpose onely to Achilles. View more context for this quotation 1642 P. Heylyn Hist. Episcopacie i. iv. 114 There was nothing left at random, which either did relate to government, or point of Doctrine. 1663 S. Pepys Diary 6 Jan. (1971) IV. 6 Saw ‘Twelfth-Night’ acted well, though it be but a silly play and not relating at all to the name or day. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 46. ¶5 I shall only give him the Letters which relate to the two last Hints. 1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) III. 29 The following paragraph, relating to Cromwell. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 12 A great variety of anecdotes relating to the transmutation of metals. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 499 Old persons are quick to see and hear all that relates to them. 1901 Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric. Div. Veg. Physiol. 29 38 ‘In-and-in breeding’, ‘outbreeding’ and other expressions relating to the close or distant relationship of parents. 1936 J. C. Powys Maiden Castle ii. iii. 111 He now began..running over the pages..relating to this legendary being. 1986 Ajneya in M. R. Anand & S. B. Rao Panorama v. 70 What I can tell you, however, is that this narrative relates to 1934. †b. intransitive. Of a person: to make reference to, to refer to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > speak of or mention > refer or allude to to make relationc1390 refer1557 relate1637 1637 P. Heylyn Antidotum Lincolniense Pref. sig. A 7^v I relate onely in this Antidote to the first Edition. 1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. i. 2 in Church-hist. Brit. The Poet, who herein seems to relate to the Hebrew and Greek Professors founded in his dayes at Cambridge. †c. intransitive. To be important or of interest to or unto a person. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)] reckeOE recka1250 attainc1374 beforcec1375 pertaina1382 concern1477 import1539 signifya1616 to trench into (unto)1621 to bear (a) (great) state1623 urge1654 relate1655 bulk1672 refer1677 argufy1751 to be no small drinka1774 tell1779 reckon1811 to count for (much, little, nothing, etc.)1857 to stand for something (or nothing)1863 shout1876 count1885 mind1915 rate1926 1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa III. ii. vii. 692 Can you then believe whilst I have an existence, that your perpetuall imprisonment would but relate unto your self? 6. a. intransitive. With to, †unto. To have some connection with; to stand in relation to. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)] belong1340 pertaina1382 pretend1481 appertaina1500 link?1544 touch?1611 relate1646 rapport1649 connect1709 to tie in1938 to tie up1959 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 105 Station is properly no rest but one kinde of motion, relating unto that which Physitians..doe name extensive or tonicall. View more context for this quotation 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 309 I have thus impaled these three that the Reader may the better discerne how they relate each to other. 1699 J. Wright Hist. Histrionica 3 All who related to the Black-friers..are now Dead, and almost forgotten. 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 227 The critic Eye..examines bit by bit: How parts relate to parts, or they to whole. 1758 J. Wesley Let. 24 Aug. (1931) IV. 32 I shall not concern myself with anything in your Appendix but what relates to me in particular. 1805 C. Collingwood Let. 7 Oct. in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1846) VII. 83 The active part he takes in everything that relates to the supply of the Fleet. 1888 J. J. H. Teall Brit. Petrogr. 441 Orogenetic, that which relates to the formation of mountains. 1930 R. H. Baker Astron. ix. 369 The apparent magnitude of a star relates to its brightness as we observe it. 1960 Accounting Rev. 35 44/1 Analysis of such costs will usually show that at least some of them are clean-up expenses relating to past operations. 2008 Liverpool Echo (Nexis) 14 Oct. 12 Pleasing though it was to read about Sir Simon Rattle being awarded the freedom of the city, I wonder how this relates to most of the population of Liverpool. b. transitive. With to, with. To bring (a thing or person) into relation with; to establish the relationship of (something) to. Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relate to [verb (transitive)] > relate or connect one thing to another tiec1000 link?a1412 mate1594 tack1683 relate1697 bridge1834 connect1881 to tie up1888 the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or orient oneself to something [verb (reflexive)] orientalize1823 orient1850 relate1856 1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 455 But so does the Thing infer the Word too, to which we..do relate it. 1795 W. Hodgson tr. P. H. T. d'Holbach Syst. Nature I. x. 277 Ideas which we relate well or ill to the cause that moves us. 1833 T. Chalmers On Power Wisdom & Goodness of God I. i. iii. 139 The law which relates an object, whether present or thought upon, to its appropriate emotion. 1856 D. Masson Ess. Biogr. & Crit. 22 How, then, did Shakespeare relate himself to this concrete world of nature? 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life 176 He pretends to relate the truth you feel to certain moral and religious conditions. 1902 N. Smith Stud. Cartesian Philos. iii. 60 To know any material thing we must relate it to other things and ultimately to the whole universe. 1948 P. Kavanagh Tarry Flynn i. 11 He..was full of a pedantic scholasticism which he somehow managed to relate to the needs of the people. 1987 Landscape Oct. 61/1 I could not relate what Robins had painted in such detail with the scene that now confronted me. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Aug. 10/4 Moore makes excellent use of the scientific literature, while relating it to her own observations. c. transitive. To connect, to link; to establish a relation between. ΚΠ 1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. iv. 92 A Point of more elevation than a Comma, which helps to relate the matter more distinctly. 1846 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces 38 Volta..first enabled us definitely to relate the forces of chemistry and electricity. 1889 E. Caird Crit. Philos. Kant I. i. i. 273 If we hold Kant to the distinction which he makes between perception and conception, it seems impossible to relate them. 1922 J. A. Gunn Mod. French Philos. ii. 46 The absolute existence of all things is thus separated from the ideal, and no attempt is made to relate the two. 1951 C. L. Brown Basic Thermodynamics vi. 88 Two additional relations..relate temperature and volume and pressure and volume for an isentropic. 1980 J. H. Crook Evol. Human Consciousness ii. 15 Since the terms ‘mind’ and ‘body’ are not of the same category, it is illegitimate to relate them logically in this way. 1987 D. Crystal Cambr. Encycl. Lang. xx. 119 The abbreviations identify the types of semantic links which relate the concepts. d. intransitive. With back to. To have a connection with or stand in relation to something from the past; to derive from or have an origin in a previous event. Cf. sense 3. ΚΠ 1845 Wisconsin Argus (Madison) 21 Jan. The following Jeu d'esprit relates back to the year 1839. 1895 School Rev. 3 36 The sin, of course, relates back to the neglect in the early education of the barrister. 1924 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 24 817/1 The whole plan relates back to the school where the pupil must receive the necessary preparation for her diploma and certificate. 1983 Times 15 July 8 Its [sc. the play's] parade of personified follies and its Court of Cupid relate back to the middle ages. 1995 Wire Jan. 19/2 In O'Rourke's musical philosophy, this palpable connection relates back to the chosen medium, be it electronics, composition, tape, guitar, rock, Ambient or noise. †7. intransitive. With to. Of a stream or river: to flow into. Obsolete.Apparently only in Izaak Walton. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > flow (of river) [verb (intransitive)] flowa1000 roil?c1400 resorta1552 rill1621 relate1653 put1670 toddle1773 vent1784 tail1889 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iii. 85 In divers Rivers, especially that relate to, or be near to the Sea. View more context for this quotation 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler xvii. 231 Case-worms, that are to bee found..in several little Brooks that relate to bigger Rivers. View more context for this quotation †8. intransitive. To appear, be evident. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [verb (intransitive)] seem1340 to prove wellc1387 showa1393 appearc1400 to stare (a person) in the face1510 sparkle1597 shinea1616 transpear1645 relate1663 it is visible1693 to speak out1846 notice1961 1663 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) Man. i. i. 302/2 It hath been more cleerly manifested..to that most ingenious Venetian Paul Sarpias Fulgentius as relates from his papers. 9. intransitive. With to. To understand or have empathy for; to identify or feel a connection with. Also without construction. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > fellow feeling > fellow-feel [verb (intransitive)] sympathize1607 fellow-feel1612 consanguinate1621 enter1851 relate1947 1947 H. B. Trecker in R. H. Kurtz Social Work Year Bk. 485/2 Group associations and experiences which afford persons a controlled environment within which they may be helped to adjust and relate to each other. 1950 Childhood Educ. Nov. 115/1 Group formation such as takes place in the classroom tends to be adult-centered and dependent upon the varying ways children relate to the teacher. 1966 New Statesman 14 Oct. 549/1 The Civic Action now begins As friends and former foe relate. 1969 C. Davidson in A. Cockburn & R. Blackburn Student Power 361 If we only relate to on-campus issues, we run the risk of laying the counter-revolutionary groundwork. 1990 A. Stevens On Jung ii. 23 Jung had considerable difficulty in relating to men, and had few male friends. 2004 Bancroft (Ont.) Times 28 Oct. 4/1 The fear that engulfed the astronauts..was..fear of performing. We can all relate to that. 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