cor·re·late 
(kôrə-lāt′, kŏr-)
(kôrə-lāt′, kŏr-)v. cor·re·lat·ed, cor·re·lat·ing, cor·re·lates
v.tr.
To establish or demonstrate as having a correlation: correlated drug abuse and crime.
v.intr.
To be related by a correlation.
adj. (-lĭt, -lāt′)
Related by a correlation, especially having corresponding characteristics.
n. (-lĭt, -lāt′)
Either of two correlate entities; a correlative.
[Back-formation from CORRELATION.]
cor′re·lata·ble adj.
corre·la′tor n.