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
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
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