To bring back; restore.To bring into relation; refer.To refer or ascribe as to a source or origin; connect with; assert a relation with.To tell; recite; narrate: as, to relate the story of Priam.To ally by connection or blood.Synonyms To recount, rehearse, report, detail, describe. See account, n.To have reference or respect; have regard; stand in some relation; have some understood position when considered in connection with something else.To make reference; take account.To have relation or connection.n. Anything considered as being in a relation to another thing; something considered as being the first term of a relation to another thing. Also relatum.