n. [ Pref. arch- + prelate. ] An archbishop or other chief prelate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Belated; p. pr. & vb. n. Belating. ] To retard or make too late. Davenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted. “Some belated peasant.” Milton. -- Be*lat"ed*ness, n. Milton. [1913 Webster]

adj. 1. related by blood, i.e. by a common genetic heritage.
Syn. -- akin(predicate), cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, kin(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5

a. (Zool.) Same as Cheliferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) a compound formed by combination of a metal ion in solution with a compound containing heteroatoms (such as oxygen or nitrogen), in which at least two heteroatoms are bound to the metal. The bonds may be covalent or non-covalent. Chelates in some cases have very low dissociation constants, and organic compounds (chelating agents) which form such chelates are therefore used to reduce the concentration of free metal ions in solution. [ PJC ]

adj. combined with a chelator so as to form a chelate; -- of metal ions.
Syn. -- chelate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. same as correlate. [ Rare ]
Syn. -- correlate, correlate with. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Correlated; p. pr. & vb. n. Correlating. ] [ Pref. cor- + relate. ] To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related. [ 1913 Webster ]

Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomena. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. mutually related.
Syn. -- correlative, correlate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Mathematics, statistics) showing a statistically significant relationship between the values of two or more variables; as, The statures of fathers and sons are correlated. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crenelated p. pr. & vb. n. Crenelating ] [ LL. crenellare, kernellare: cf. F. cr&unr_;neler to indent. See Crenelle. ] [ Written also crenellate. ] 1. To furnish with crenelles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crenelated molding (Arch.), a kind of indented molding used in Norman buildings. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; as, a crenelated molding.
Syn. -- embattled, crenelate, crenellated, crenellate, indented. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having turrets and battlements in the style of a castle; -- of a building.
Syn. -- battlemented, castellated, castled, crenellated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Delated; p. pr. & vb. n. Delating. ] [ L. delatus, used as p. p. of deferre. See Tolerate, and cf. 3d Defer, Delay, v. ] [ Obs. or Archaic ] 1. To carry; to convey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Try exactly the time wherein sound is delated. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To carry abroad; to spread; to make public. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the crime is delated or notorious. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against; to accuse; to denounce. [ 1913 Webster ]

As men were delated, they were marked down for such a fine. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To carry on; to conduct. Warner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To dilate. [ Obs. ] Goodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. de + LL. pucella virgin, F. pucelle: cf. F. dépuceler. ] To deflour; to deprive of virginity. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. elatus elevated, fig., elated, proud (the figure, perh., being borrowed from a prancing horse); e out + latus (used as p. p. of ferre to bear), for tlatus, and akin to E. tolerate. See Tolerate, and cf. Extol. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Lifted up; raised; elevated.

With upper lip elate. Fenton. [ 1913 Webster ]

And sovereign law, that State's collected will,
O'er thrones and globes, elate,
Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. Sir W. Jones. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate,
Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

Syn. -- Puffed up; lofty; proud; haughty; exalted; inspirited; transported; delighted; overjoyed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Elated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elating. ] 1. To raise; to exalt. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By the potent sun elated high. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foolishly elated by spiritual pride. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

You ought not be elated at the chance mishaps of your enemies. Jowett (Thucyd. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With elation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being elated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, elates. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; driver, fr. &unr_; to drive. ] 1. (Bot.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) Any beetle of the family Elateridæ, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zoöl.) The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, neut. of &unr_; driving. See 2d Elater. ] A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called Momordica Elaterium). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Elatrometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 2d Elater. ] Acting force; elasticity. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a mutual or reciprocal relation or parallelism; correlative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness; interrelation.
Syn. -- interrelation, interrelationship. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Irrelative; unconnected. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of mandelic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To relate inaccurately. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & conj. Nevertheless. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. prélat, LL. praelatus, fr. L. praelatus, used as p. p. of praeferre to prefer, but from a different root. See Elate. ] A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word and the words derived from it are often used invidiously, in English ecclesiastical history, by dissenters, respecting the Established Church system. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hear him but reason in divinity, . . .
You would desire the king were made a prelate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To act as a prelate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Right prelating is busy laboring, and not lording. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Prelacy. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a prelate. Harmar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who is a prelate; the wife of a prelate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Physics) To freeze together again; to undergo regelation, as ice. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again
Both light of heaven and strength of men relate. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To refer; to ascribe, as to a source. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To recount; to narrate; to tell over. [ 1913 Webster ]

This heavy act with heavy heart relate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To ally by connection or kindred. [ 1913 Webster ]

To relate one's self, to vent thoughts in words. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To tell; recite; narrate; recount; rehearse; report; detail; describe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to pertain; to refer; -- with to. [ 1913 Webster ]

All negative or privative words relate positive ideas. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make reference; to take account. [ R. & Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Reckoning by the years of their own consecration without relating to any imperial account. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. 1. Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as, persons related in the first or second degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Standing in relation or connection; as, the electric and magnetic forcec are closely related. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Narrated; told. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mus.) Same as Relative, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or condition of being related; relationship; affinity. [ R. ] Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who relates or narrates. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. revelatus, p. p. of revelare to reveal. ] To reveal. [ Obs. ] Frith. Barnes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sphacelated p. pr. & vb. n. Sphacelating. ] [ NL. sphacelare, sphacelatum, mortify: cf. F. sphacéler. See Sphacelus. ] (Med.) To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Med.) To affect with gangrene. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Med.) Affected with gangrene; mortified. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ 1st pref. un- + prelate. ] Deposed from the office of prelate. [ 1913 Webster ]