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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
It [the Latin language] was relegated into the study of
the scholar. --Milman.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
relegate
v 1: refer to another [syn: {pass on}, {submit}]
2: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted
because she always speaks up" [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}]
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