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relegate


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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