[cor.re.late] n [back-formation fr. correlation] (1643) 1: either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (as husband and wife)
2: a phenomenon (as brain activity) that accompanies another phenomenon (as behavior), is usu. parallel to it (as in form, type, development, or distribution), and is related in some way to it -- correlate adj
[2]cor.re.late vb -lat.ed ; -lat.ing vi (ca. 1742): to bear reciprocal or mutual relations: correspond ~ vt 1 a: to establish a mutual or reciprocal relation between "~ activities in the lab and the field" b: to show correlation or a causal relationship between
2: to present or set forth so as to show relationship "he ~s the findings of the scientists, the psychologists, and the mystics --Eugene Exman" -- cor.re.lat.able adj -- cor.re.lat.or n