RELATIVES
Noun
relatives
plural of relative
Anagrams
• levirates, versatile
Source: Wiktionary
RELATIVE
Rel"a*tive (rl"-tv), a. Etym: [F. relatif, L. relativus. See Relate.]
1. Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in
connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.
I'll have grounds More relative than this. Shak.
2. Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or
reference to, something else; not absolute.
Every thing sustains both an absolute and a relative capacity: an
absolute, as it is such a thing, endued with such a nature; and a
relative, as it is a part of the universe, and so stands in such a
relations to the whole. South.
3. (Gram.)
Definition: Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent;
as, a relative pronoun.
4. (Mus.)
Definition: Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys, which, by
reason of the identify of some of their tones, admit of a natural
transition from one to the other. Moore (Encyc. of Music). Relative
clause (Gram.), a clause introduced by a relative pronoun.
– Relative term, a term which implies relation to, as guardian to
ward, matter to servant, husband to wife. Cf. Correlative.
Rel"a*tive, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in its
relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one of two
object or term; one of two objects directly connected by any
relation. Specifically:
(a) A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by
blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman. "Confining our care . . .
to ourselves and relatives." Bp. Fell.
(b) (Gram.) A relative prnoun; a word which relates to, or
represents, another word or phrase, called its antecedent; as, the
relatives " who", "which", "that".
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition