01 n. The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.
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The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.“������oet's relation doth well figure them.” — Bacon.
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The state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality or condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some other thing; connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of master to servant.“Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things, or any comparison which is made by the mind, is a relation.” — I. Taylor.
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Reference; respect; regard.“I have been importuned to make some observations on this art in relation to its agreement with poetry.” — Dryden.
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Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children.“Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother, first were known.” — Milton.
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A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman.“For me . . . my relation does not care a rush.” — Ld. Lytton.
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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.(Law)