Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Related \Re*lat"ed\ (-l?t"?d), p. p. & a.
   1. Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance,
      particularly by consanguinity; as, persons related in the
      first or second degree.

   2. Standing in relation or connection; as, the electric and
      magnetic forcec are closely related.

   3. Narrated; told.

   4. (Mus.) Same as {Relative}, 4.

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®

related
     adj 1: being connected or associated; "painting and the related
            arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to
            micelle formation is the...ability of detergent
            actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces" [syn: {related
            to}] [ant: {unrelated}]
     2: connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage [ant: {unrelated}]
     3: similar or related in quality or character; "a feeling akin
        to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely
        related to the collector" [syn: {akin(p)}, {kindred}]
     4: having close kinship and appropriateness; "he asks questions
        that are germane and central to the issue" [syn: {germane(p)}]