RELEGATE

relegate, classify

(verb) assign to a class or kind; “How should algae be classified?”; “People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms”

demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs

(verb) assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; “She was demoted because she always speaks up”; “He was broken down to Sergeant”

banish, relegate, bar

(verb) expel, as if by official decree; “he was banished from his own country”

relegate, pass on, submit

(verb) refer to another person for decision or judgment; “She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

relegate (third-person singular simple present relegates, present participle relegating, simple past and past participle relegated)

Exile, banish, remove, or send away.

(transitive, done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place.

(reflexive, obsolete, rare) Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.

(transitive, historical, Ancient Rome, done to a person) Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.

(transitive, figuratively) Remove or send to a place far away.

(transitive, in extended use) Consign or assign.

Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, or (especially) inferiority.

Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.

(sports, chiefly, soccer) Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.

(transitive) Refer or submit.

Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.

Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.

(now rare) Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.

Etymology 2

Noun

relegate (plural relegates)

(history, obsolete) A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.

Etymology 3

Adjective

relegate (not comparable)

(archaic) Relegated; exiled.

Anagrams

• regelate

Source: Wiktionary

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Rel"e*gate (rl"-gt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relegated (-g`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Relegating.] Etym: [L. relegatus, p. p. of relegare; pref. re- re- + legare to send with a commission or charge. See Legate.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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