Relegate \Rel"e*gate\ (r?l"?-g?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Relegated (-g?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Relegating.] [L.
relegatus, p. p. of relegare; pref. re- re- + legare to send
with a commission or charge. See Legate.]
To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to
transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.
[1913 Webster]
It [the Latin language] was relegated into the study of
the scholar. --Milman.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
relegate
v 1: refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes
to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" [syn:
pass on, submit]
2: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted
because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to
Sargeant" [syn: demote, bump, break, kick
downstairs] [ant: promote]
3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his
own country" [syn: banish, bar]
4: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be
classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain
mushrooms" [syn: classify]
WordNet (r) 2.0
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "relegate":
accredit, assign, ban, banish, bar, bar out, blackball, blockade,
cast out, charge, commend, commit, confide, consign, count out,
credit, cut, cut off, debar, delegate, demote, deport,
disfellowship, dispatch, displace, downgrade, embargo, enfeoff,
entrust, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel,
extradite, freeze out, fugitate, give in charge, give in trust,
hand over, ignore, infeudate, keep out, lag, leave out, lock out,
omit, ostracize, outlaw, pass on, pass over, preclude, prohibit,
proscribe, refer, reject, remand, remit, repudiate, rusticate,
send away, send down, send to Coventry, shut out, snub, spurn,
taboo, thrust out, transfer, transport, trust, turn over
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
banish, bar, break, bump, classify, demote, kick downstairs, pass on, submit
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