relate

relate
I (establish a connection) verb affect, affiliate, ally, appertain to, apply, associate, bear upon, bracket, concern, connect, consociate, correlate, draw a parallel, filiate, group, have a bearing on, identify, integrate, interconnect, interrelate, link, parallel, pertain, pertinere, tie, unite II (tell) verb acquaint, advise, air, announce, apprise, broadcast, communicate, convey, declare, describe, detail, disclose, divulge, elucidate, enarrare, express, give a report, give an account, impart, inform, make known, mention, narrate, notify, observe, particularize, phrase, portray, put into words, recite, recount, repeat, report, represent in words, retell, reveal, say, set forth, speak, state, utter, vent, ventilate, verbalize III index admit (concede), allege, allude, appertain, apply (pertain), assert, communicate, compare, connect (relate), contact (communicate), converse, convey (communicate), correspond (be equivalent), correspond (communicate), delineate, depict, depose (testify), detail (particularize), disabuse, divulge, impart, inform (notify), involve (implicate), involve (participate), notify, pertain, phrase, recapitulate, recite, recount, refer (direct attention), remark, repeat (state again)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


relate
v.
(1) To be connected, as by blood, marriage, or causation.
(2) To recount; to narrate.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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  • 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.] [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • relate — ► VERB 1) give an account of. 2) (be related) be connected by blood or marriage. 3) establish a causal connection between: many drowning accidents are related to alcohol use. 4) (relate to) have reference to; concern. 5) (relate to …   English terms dictionary

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