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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Relate, -lait(e, v. [e.m.E. relate (Caxton), L. relat-, p.p. stem of referre Refer v.¹] a. tr. To recount; to give an account of facts or circumstances known to one before an official examiner. b. intr. To be of concern to; to affect. —a. 1631 Justiciary Cases I 193.
Nather of thame did relaite ony thing that could prove againes the marqueis Ib. 195.
That gif the defence meanit of the tressone relaited be the loird Reay the pannell can not be quarrellit for it nor for telling thairof Ib.
The discrepance … betuixt the relatioun maid be the loird Reay and that quhilk is relaited be the pannell Ib. 179.
Relate —b. 1657 Glasgow B. Rec. II 388.
To agent thair [in Edinburgh] all and everie mater and actioune does relait to this burghe 1658 Ib. 395.
The good of the burgh … in all maters relaiting therto