Definition of relation

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Relation (n.) The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by relation..

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Report :: Report (v. t.) Rapport; relation; connection; reference.
Autocrat :: Autocrat (a.) One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.
Misrelation :: Misrelation (n.) Erroneous relation or narration.
Correlative :: Correlative (n.) One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation, or is correlated, to some other person or thing..
Affinity :: Affinity (n.) Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages..
Reassociate :: Reassociate (v. t. & i.) To associate again; to bring again into close relations.
Consociate :: Consociate (v. t.) To bring into alliance, confederacy, or relationship; to bring together; to join; to unite..
Relation :: Relation (n.) The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events..
Relatively :: Relatively (adv.) In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely.
Homonymous :: Homonymous (a.) Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; -- opposed to heteronymous.
Annals :: Annals (n. pl.) A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened..
Correlate :: Correlate (n.) One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative..
Proportion :: Proportion (n.) Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion..
Chime :: Chime (n.) Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound..
Stannofluoride :: Stanno- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relation to, or connection with, tin, or including tin as an ingredient..
People :: People (n.) One's ancestors or family; kindred; relations; as, my people were English..
Posit :: Posit (v. t.) To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.
Relational :: Relational (a.) Having relation or kindred; related.
Twin :: Twin (a.) Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with.
Valero- :: Valero- () A combining form (also used adjectively) indicating derivation from, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as valeric acid; as in valerolactone, a colorless oily liquid produced as the anhydride of an hydroxy valeric acid..
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