1. (a.) Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.

2. (a.) Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute.

3. (a.) Indicating or expressing relation; referring to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun.

4. (a.) 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.

5. (n.) 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.

6. (n.) A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman.

7. (n.) A relative pronoun; a word which relates to, or represents, another word or phrase, called its antecedent; as, the relatives who, which, that.