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Relate

verb

(past & past part. related; pres. part. relating)

Make a logical or causal connection. Synonyms: associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, tie in. "Colligate these facts" , "I cannot relate these events at all" Antonym: dissociate.

Be relevant to. Synonyms: bear on, come to, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, touch, touch on. "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"

Give an account of.

Be in a relationship with. Synonym: interrelate.

Have or establish a relationship to.

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... clearer by considering another use of words, which does relate to objective truth, or to things; which relates to matters, not personal, not subjective to the individual, but which, even were there no individual man in the whole world to know them or to talk about them, would exist still. Such objects become the matter of Science, and words ...

— The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine - Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin • John Henry Newman

... exaggeration and contradiction would appear; but the judge now interrupted the old man, observing that this was nothing to the purpose—that he must not take up the time of the court with idle tales, but that if he had any thing more to give in evidence respecting the deed, he should relate it. ...

— Tales And Novels, Vol. 8 • Maria Edgeworth

... of phenomena of importance in the study of the evolution of aesthetic culture. These relate, first, to ...

— Origin and Development of Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art. • William Henry Holmes

... skill and courage are required to secure this valuable game, a good chamois-hunter is a person of importance in the wild Swiss valley where he lives, and the family of which he is a member glory in his deeds, and relate them to awe-struck listeners around the evening fireside. Chamois-hunting is the central point around which cluster all the charms of romance and dangerous adventure; it is the subject of many popular ballads, and its hold upon the imagination ...

— Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various

... to set a guard on our field of unconsciousness, and absolutely refuse to admit into our daily mind any thoughts less than those which distinctly relate us with all the beautiful things of life, and we must never forget the truth of the power of our own personal creations. We can be what we will to be; we can be related to whatever we choose to be related to; we can choose ...

— Freedom Talks No. II • Julia Seton, M.D.

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