Relate

re-lat', v. To recount, narrate, recite, tell over to ally by connection or kindred. — v. To stand in some relation, have bearing or concern, pertain, refer. [F. relater, LL. relatare, L. referre, -latum, to relate.] — Relat'er, n. — Ref action, n. Act of relating or telling that related narrative of facts; state of being related or of referring; relative quality or condition connection by consanguinity or affinity a person connected by consanguinity or affinity; kindred; kinsman; kinswoman. [F.] — Rela'tional, a. Having relation or kindred indicating or specifying some relation. — Rela'tion ship, n. State of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. — Rel'ative, -tiv, a. Having relation; respecting; pertaining; arising from relation, or from connection with, or reference to, something else not absolute. (Gram.) Indicating or expre ing relation.— n. One who, or that which, relates to, or considered in its relation to, something else a person connected by blood or affinity. (Gram.) A word relating to or representing another word or phrase, called its antecedent. [ME. and F. relatif.] — Relatively, adv. In a relative manner; in rela- — tion or respect to something else not absolutely. Rel'ativene , n. — Relat'or, n. One who relates a relater. (Law.) A private person at whose instance an information filed by the attorney-general a prosecutor.