Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Relate \Re*late"\, v. i.
   1. To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to
      pertain; to refer; -- with to.

            All negative or privative words relate positive
            ideas.                                --Locke.

   2. To make reference; to take account. [R.& Obs.]

            Reckoning by the years of their own consecration
            without relating to any imperial account. --Fuller.

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.]

            Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again
            Both light of heaven and strength of men relate.
                                                  --Spenser.

   2. To refer; to ascribe, as to a source. [Obs. or R.]

   3. To recount; to narrate; to tell over.

            This heavy act with heavy heart relate. --Shak.

   4. To ally by connection or kindred.

   {To relate one's self}, to vent thoughts in words. [R.]

   Syn: To tell; recite; narrate; recount; rehearse; report;
        detail; describe.

Source : WordNet®

relate
     v 1: make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these
          two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these
          facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: {associate},
           {tie in}, {link}, {colligate}, {link up}, {connect}]
          [ant: {decouple}]
     2: have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of
        questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to
        your earlier comments" [syn: {refer}, {pertain}, {concern},
         {come to}, {bear on}, {touch}, {touch on}]
     3: give an account of; "The witness related the events"
     4: be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations
        related?" [syn: {interrelate}]
     5: have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to
        her peers"